Archive
Earlier writing, preserved.
These posts date from 2020–2021. They remain available for continuity and citation, but no longer represent the center of my public work.
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Who Should Control the Courts?
Today, I want to pose a question that I think gets swept under the rug both in everyday circles and many academic circles. Who should control the courts? While the answer is more intuitive and guttural when it comes to who should control the legislature, the question of the courts is less clear as to…
The Rule of Reason
It is the basic responsibility of those vested with political power of any kind to care about reasons. This is not just to say one must strive to “win” the argument: one must understand the honest form of the disagreement at hand. I want to discuss today how individuals often fail to meet even their…
Democratic Slippage
I want to shift away from the plain and ordinary politics of the election to a more general (and more philosophical) argument. How does democracy end? To be clear, I am talking about contemporary, representative, liberal democracies, not anything we can call a ‘democracy’. While democracies can obviously end due to direct and obvious coup…
Some Advice on (Grad) Applications
I recently have found myself discussing college applications with multiple people. I want to make my thoughts more public for whomever wants to know my thoughts on the matter. I will focus on graduate applications, but I will add in advice for undergraduate applicants as it arises organically. I think the core of a good…
The Tales of 5 Elections
Can President Trump still win? Of course it remains possible, but it is highly unlikely. Trump would have to 1) win multiple legal suits, 2) win legal suits that would actually change the results of individual states, and 3) flip enough states to reach at least 269 votes or prevent Biden from having 270 votes…
