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[Philippine corruption] Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics Understanding the War on Drugs in Bagong Silang, Philippines #14/204

In relation to her political patron, Oca Malapitan, for example, Maricel was adamant that theirs was a purely transactional relationship. She did not feel any debt

Curtailing corporal punishment and gun rights.

The push to curtail corporal punishment (disciplining children) reminds me of the push to curtail gun rights in that its advocates love to rely on half-truths and

Civility is good. Political correctness is evil.

I think that the only way that people make political correctness palatable and make it seem like a PC world wouldn't also be one devoid of joy and laughter is to

Correcting someone who has said/done something harmful.

There's a lot of noise in certain places being made over certain people (or person, I won't name names) who have made some pretty bad decisions regarding how they

Hive Pope Sermon: Avoiding Informal Fallacies

While a formal fallacy is an error in the structure of an argument, an informal fallacy tends to avoid the matter at hand entirely, demonstrating disregard for both

Breed peace not violence.

In the last few days, from multiple directions, I have heard voices both public and private lay down the groundwork for violence. While those voices may use the

Human Rights in Hong Kong

I understand why the U.S. government recently passed a law to show some support for the people of Hong Kong. But I am scared because the U.S. government chose to

The biggest rally in Hong Kong yesterday

Yesterday in Hong Kong, there was one of the biggest rally against the extradition law. One of the things to call my eye was that aside the big rally there was teenagers

Civility and Respect

Civility and Respect Yes, its been a while since I published a newsletter.

Sources of online risks

Friends and family are a growing source of online risk. Online abuse can cause emotional, psychological and even physical pain. Online harassment is often personal.

State Sen. Kevin Parker tells GOP Aide to “Kill Yourself” and Should be Removed from Office

Having opinions that Jack doesn't like gets you banned off twitter, but politicians telling private citizens to kill themselves is ok. #KevinParker #CandiceGiove

Changing the Political Conversation

2 Day with 2 Cents (Oct 13, 2018)

This week's news wrap-up featuring Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation protests, Hillary Clinton's call to end civility, Google's leaked document regarding internet

Our civility is supplied to us by our forebears

The Church has stood here for twenty centuries. For two thousand years it has read and sung from the same bible, and it has told the societies that have listened

Ah yes... I distinctly remember forgetting that detail

More often that not when people complain about the distribution of stake, they seem to forget a the fact that as much as the system is not ideal, by any measure,

#WalkAway – A New Road to Unity?

For decades politicians in America have effectively used identity politics as a political strategy, but there is something seismic happening about which most of

Women, Is This What We Want?

As a woman, how do you feel when almost every day the news proclaims yet another man has publically tumbled from his position due to his alleged ill-treatment of

Calling for civility.

I have called for civility in the past but today I'd like to clarify what I meant by that. My claim is that WHEN YOU ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, you should strive to be

About good manners.

You can get a good education not only in your family or at school, but also... in yourself. You just need to know what real education is. I do not undertake to give

RT @Weinsteinlaw: Civility in politics is important, but not nearly as important as reproductive rights, access to healthcare, marriage eq…

Wed Jun 27 22:11:05 +0000 2018 @alyssa.milano tweeted.RT @Weinsteinlaw: Civility in politics is important, but not nearly as important as reproductive rights, access