Gordaen's Blog

Bernie posted about the Future of History and brought up some very interesting points. I started to comment, but the comment grew and grew until I was forced to acknowledge that it was heading toward rambling, which really should be a category on my blog. That being said, I think we’re on a trail that [...]

What is a dictator? According to an online dictionary: a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession. That’s a fairly soft definition (what is absolute power?), so maybe we should analyze the character traits that are most common in dictators.

I think the big problem that a lot of people have with gay marriage is that it goes against their religious beliefs. I’m not sure why people tie that with the secular process of having a marriage recognized by the federal government, but that’s my only guess at why there is so much resistance. Maybe [...]

It looks like the majority of the United States thinks minimum wage is too low, gay marriage is bad, marijuana is bad, and parental notification is bad.

I suppose I ought to do the obligatory “I’m trying to pretend I am just saying my views on the voting issues but really I am implanting subliminal messages into your brain so that you will vote the way I did” post. Here we go, measures first and then people: