- November 22, 2016
David Burress
I don’t believe I have ever in my life had a truly satisfying argument with a traditional conservative or radical rightist. By “satisfying” I mean an argument not sidetracked by deep cognitive errors that, to my mind, should be unnecessary for making a conservative case. I am not referring to the inevitable shallow errors thrown ...
- November 17, 2016
David Burress
“Liar” is a overused and underanalyzed epithet. It carries along two very different ideas:
1. intentionally false or recklessly unsupported claim in a particular case; or
2. a general character flaw leading to repeated lies.
There was a time when people believe that good people never lie, so the two concepts were nearly merged.
However we have come to ...
- November 16, 2016
David Burress
Brownback’s chickens come home to roost on Kansas highways (or: building roads that chickens can’t cross):
Kansas just “postponed” 24 significant road projects. All of them are maintenance and repair projects rather than new additions to the highway stock. So guess what: six years of stealing from the highway fund to finance tax cuts for rich ...
- November 15, 2016
David Burress
You can get at a big issue by pushing a tiny but very popular law.
I propose that the Kansas statehouse moderates push for a tiny law that outlaws individuals other than peace officers from carrying firearms into hospital emergency rooms without specific authorization from hospital authorities. Make it a Kansas misdemeanor (up to $1000 fine ...
