By Laurence Houlgate, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Reprinted with permission.

The Stop WOKE Act

On April 22, 2022, with the approval of Governor Ron DeSantis, the Florida legislature passed a bill that makes it illegal to publicly voice three opinions (ideas, beliefs, perspectives): (1) Some ethnic groups are inherently racist, (2) A person’s status as privileged or oppressed is determined by their race or gender, and (3) Discrimination is an acceptable way to achieve diversity in education and business. Continue reading Woke Political Opinions and the Suppression of Speech →

There are a number of videos circulating on the web that show angry white people screaming at Mexicans and Mexican-Americans to “Go back to where you came from!” It takes a special brand of stupid for, say, a Texan living in a town with a name like Llano located in Llano County to tell a Mexican or Mexican-American to “go back to where they came from.” Continue reading The Great American Bigot →

Crawford at Cologne Game Lab (2011)

My last post elicited this response from Chris Crawford. I post it unedited. Continue reading Is America Disintegrating? →

Scrapping abortion rights got the headlines. But don’t ignore the Court’s assault on gun regulations and the separation of church and state.

For a great analysis Continue reading Three Supreme Court decisions with long-term consequences →

A regular reader asked me to comment on the above dialogue from the movie, The American President.  Here is the transcript: Continue reading Drink The Sand →