Sebastian

–by Sebastian H I have a constant frustration with the legal system: that its mechanisms often cause a focus on the wrong thing.  I don't mean that it focuses in areas I think are unimportant–though that happens too.   I mean that even if it is looking in an important area, the structure of the legal … Read more

-by Sebastian Sorry I've been gone a while.  I've been having a crisis in faith, so to speak, and for various reasons I can't talk about it.  Interestingly, while my problem is not law enforcement related, it does have to deal with my relationship with the system of law in a way which is similar … Read more

–by Sebastian   I don't have much to say on the underlying issue that isn't being said better elsewhere.  It was unjust, ridiculous, and it is well for the country and the armed forces that it is gone.  I'm not going to tell the stories of friends whose lives will be made better by this–though … Read more

–by Sebastian I feel like I'm still sorting through my thoughts about WikiLeaks.  So if this seems a bit contradictory, that may very well be because I'm of (at least) two minds about the whole thing.  But it seems to me like the issue lacks balance.  My pre-WikiLeaks initial thoughts on such issues were something … Read more

–by Sebastian Democratic Majority Leader of the Senate, Harry Reid, screwed over gay people on Don't Ask Don't Tell. With around 70% of Americans, and in most polls even a majority of Republicans, opposing the policy, it is amazing that he couldn't didn't get it done. Or it would be amazing, except for the fact … Read more

–by Sebastian About two years ago, I bought a Honda Civic.  After I purchased the car, I would see other people driving Honda Civics and other Honda cars, and I would have a vaguely happy feeling about them.  I had never felt that way before about Hondas and Honda Civics, so it was odd.  But … Read more

–by Sebastian   So it counts as hypocrisy when you publically moralize against something that you do your self, right? Witness, strategic default:   The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Mortgage Bankers Association Strategic Default www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity

–by Sebastian I don't have very much to add to this: But I would hope that nobody needs me or anyone else to explain why this assertion of power is so pernicious — at least as pernicious as any power asserted during the Bush/Cheney years.  If the President has the power to order American citizens killed … Read more

–by Sebastian I've been trying to make sense of why in debates over economic stimulus, the cleave between  tax cuts and  stimulus funded by deficit spending attracts so much heat.  They are effectively the same thing from a deficit point of view.  They are largely the same thing from a stimulus point of view (the … Read more