I do my level best to ignore Rand Paul, but since he’s now running for president, we have seemingly endless coverage. So, we get this piece in the Washington Post that concludes at one point: The Paul political brand is not personality-based. It’s all about the ideas. And the key idea is that liberty cannot […]

Here I am writing my first public thoughts about Ferguson. Awfully late, you say. Fair enough. But I had my reasons. Race is complicated and delicate, of course, and it’s not something I study consistently, so I was inclined to wait for the Justice Department reports and read other commentary. Also, let me say this: […]

Happy Veterans Day! My thanks to those who currently serve and have served – both willingly and unwillingly – in  the U.S. military, providing every American with very real physical defense and security. I feel this especially now, living in a foreign country that operates under the security umbrella provided by the U.S. and knowing […]

We have lived in Singapore for just more than two months now, and I can confirm what we had been told before we moved: it’s a wonderful place to live. (Assuming you ignore the obvious flaws it has from an American and humanist perspective. More on that some other time.)   Every Singaporean I’ve met has been […]

Okay, it’s curmudgeon time. I have been challenged to do the ice bucket stunt, too, but I haven’t exactly made it a priority. Part of it is the hassle of getting a bag of ice here in Singapore. (Sorry, no ice maker in the fridge.) But that’s petty, of course. Frankly, I’m not a get-on-the-bandwagon […]