Category Archives: Political Philosophy

Why People Are So Confused This Election (and how to avoid it in the future)

Posted on 2020/11/06 by Steve Capone

At no point in the 2020 Presidential Election process were things uncertain or unclear, and at no point were things too close to call (or close in almost any sense). But we’re convinced (I have a hard time avoiding this … Continue reading →

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Schools Should Embrace Pluralism, not Neutrality

Posted on 2020/11/01 by Steve Capone

As with every federal election cycle, educators and administrators are once again engaging in conversations about neutrality in our schools. Should teachers discuss elections? Should they say anything that might seem to agree with one side or the other in … Continue reading →

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The Bomb, Duck-and-Cover Drills, and You (today, right now)

Posted on 2020/08/11 by Steve Capone

Burt the Turtle is getting old enough that he requires an introduction where for a long time none would have been needed. In the 1950s through the 1980s, there existed a real threat that everything on Earth would end in … Continue reading →

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Antidisestablishmentarianism.

Posted on 2016/03/20 by Steve Capone

Antidisestablishmentarianism. I’ve always wanted to have use for this longest-of-words word. When I first overheard it spoken – probably by my elders in mere cynical derision of overwrought terminology – I was in the fourth grade. I understood only two … Continue reading →

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Were the U.S. (today) in charge of East Germany (in the `80s), Communism Wouldn’t Have Fallen

Posted on 2015/07/04 by Steve Capone

It’s Independence Day back in the states, but here in Germany, they don’t seem to celebrate it (not sure why yet, but I’m on the case). I had a worrisome thought tonight. I realized that oppressive communism as it functioned … Continue reading →

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