social contract

5 Aug 2015

Calling the kettle black

Planned Parenthood is on the defensive these days as The Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group, continues to release heavily edited spy cam footage that appears to show Planned Parenthood officials either contemplating or negotiating the sale of fetal tissue for profit. It’s legal for them to recover the cost of expenses, but anything […]

9 Sep 2014

The social contract, revised

Because I’m a hermit, there are many days when the only conversations I have that don’t involve my cat sound a lot like this: Me: Okay, Google Now. Moto X: (recognition tone) Me: Navigate to the Fresh Market. Moto X: Navigating to the Fresh Market. Beyond the obvious that I pay too much for groceries and don’t own an iPhone, this should tell […]