Month: June 2021

Quickie

Biden, LGBTQ+ rights, and the duty to defend

News broke in the late afternoon Wednesday that the Biden administration plans to continue to defend the federal government in Hunter v. Goldberg, what could potentially be a major case for LGBTQ+ civil rights. The case stems from the Trump administration and deals with the right of religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students and it’s the kind of thing you would not expect the … Continue reading Biden, LGBTQ+ rights, and the duty to defend

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Politics

We already have a multiparty system. We should act like it.

Two-hundred and nineteen of the current members of the U.S. House of Representatives are members of the Democratic Party. Two-hundred and eleven are members of the Republican Party. In many countries, this would imply that roughly half of MCs are aligned with one party and roughly half are aligned with the other party. Like so: This is the way we almost always think about, discuss, … Continue reading We already have a multiparty system. We should act like it.

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Feature

Washington and Lee can’t find a new name, so it’s sticking with this one

Virginia’s Washington and Lee University announced Friday that its Board of Trustees had voted in favor of keeping its name, which honors the first U.S. president, George Washington, and a famed traitor, Robert E. Lee. The preservation of the name came as something of a surprise to some, as many institutions are dropping Confederate names (including Washington and Lee, which is renaming the Lee Chapel, … Continue reading Washington and Lee can’t find a new name, so it’s sticking with this one

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Feature

Americans hate HOAs. Why do so many people live in them?

It’s February. I am sipping a mint julep and pretending that summer has arrived and quarantine is over when my friend, who we’ll call Mary, sends me a question over Discord. “Why,” Mary asked, “is every house I could afford to buy located in an HOA?” It’s a good question. Mary, 30, is a millennial, and above all the other things it means to be … Continue reading Americans hate HOAs. Why do so many people live in them?

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You Asked

You Asked: Where Are The American Communists?

On Patreon (I cannot stress enough how important your support on Patreon is), we ask supporters to occasionally toss questions over to us that they want answered that are a little bit harder to get an answer to than something you might ask on Quora. For this, the fifth piece in our series You Asked, we’re tackling a red herring. I’ve heard of the Democratic Socialists of America, … Continue reading You Asked: Where Are The American Communists?

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