Abortion: Fear of Life as a Pretense of Wisdom
Recently, while discussing abortion, my conversation partner raised a common argument: the unborn child might have a terrible life if he or she is born. Of course, abortion results in the certainty...
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Your Argument is Invalid
Conversations that end like this are downright stupid: Rational Interlocutor: So for these reasons, I believe… [insert tenable position here]. Joe Schmo: Dude, I totally respect your position, but...
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The End of Partisanship?
The other day during an International Relations class, I was briefly distracted from structural adjustments and balance of payment accounts and decided to engage in a Twitter conversation with the...
View ArticleUnder Pressure: Staying Rational in the Gay Marriage Debate
This past week saw another explosion in my Facebook new feed. A plethora of equal signs, pluses, and minuses took over my little social media escape until it felt like senior year calculus all over...
View ArticleThe Mere Semantics of Propaganda
The post-Hobby Lobby debate has been hard to watch. Even though I fully support the ruling, it has served as an opportunity for self-aggrandizement and limited constructive argument. On one side...
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