- I have a roommate, but I live alone.
- Christopher Hitchens's greatest enemy was totalitarianism of thought - the idea of a cohesive whole of "rightness" from which all wisdom could spout.
- That might be true, but I'm more worried about stupid, partial thoughts than the big lie. The big lie can be ganged up on. A chorus of foolishness is more subtle.
- I need something to live for - perhaps someone or ones to live for. I am surviving in this status quo, but I don't feel personal growth in the number of ways I would like.
- Conservatives believe in what is real. This is unifying. Liberals believe in what "should" be real - this is dividing. That's why I think conservatism is more powerful today.
- Barack Obama's recognition of process failures was taken by many to be a promise to address them (albeit not explicitly, as to avoid process becoming a focal point. Process is boring.)
- In many ways, the Obama admin has not done this.
- I owe someone I respect a great deal a blog post about Troy Davis's execution. I've been feeling guilty about it for months.
- I believe that technology will build a new way of living, gradually reshaping old paradigms, but for now the question is how to exist in a world defined by old trains of thought, but yet using the bullet trains.
- "Good" people can do awful things. "Bad" people can be incredibly kind.
- Labels are stupid.
Judge Orders Administration to ‘Facilitate’ Return of Another Deported
Immigrant
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The ruling was the fourth time in recent months that federal judges
directed the government to seek the return of immigrants who were expelled
in error or ...
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