President Obama's modest plan for gun control falls victim to the paradox of gradualism.
Category: Political issues
New Zealand gets ahead again
New Zealand votes for marriage equality, with a bit more partisanship than you'd guess from the media reports.
Fundamentalism east and west
An anti-blasphemy demonstration in Bangladesh raises some questions about our perceptions of religious fundamentalism.
The Republican war against constitutionalism
It looks as if there'll be no established religion in North Carolina, at least legally. But the Republican Party has shown off some interesting views about the constitution.
The politics of (illegal) style
Actions are illegal, not people. But Associated Press has got itself into a political storm by acknowledging this conceptual truth.
Another weighty discrimination issue
A Samoan airline is charging its passengers by weight. Is this discrimination, or a move to end discrimination?
Public opinion and the Supreme Court
Nate Silver works his magic on public opinion and same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court may be listening.
Anti-gay forces not giving up
In France and America same-sex marriage is facing last-ditch resistance. There may be more to it than just fear of the gays.
Clipping back copyright overreach
The US Supreme Court strikes a blow against the ambitious claims of intellectual "property".
Could there be a libertarian Republican?
After being cheerleaders for authoritarianism for so long, some Republicans are starting to move a little in the other direction. Kentuckian Rand Paul is their spokesman.
The World is Not Enough 