Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

He did it by signing Executive Orders. Too bad no other President ever thought of this. Well. Will it work? There is no way to tell for now. The orders are secret. Here is my take on all this: “The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most…

So argues P.J. O’Rourke in a piece that nearly made me weep. The election of 2016 was terrible because it wasn’t an election, it was a rebellion. America is having a civil war, or, to be more accurate, a War of Incivility. The war is not between Republicans and Democrats or between conservatives and progressives. The…

YouTube has pulled the original video I posted. Man Mountain Molehill in the comments suggested the video you now see.

Donald Trump favors letting government take your money without due process. Two Texas senators have offered legislation this year to require conviction before someone’s assets could be seized. Sen. Konni Burton, a Republican who often pushes civil-liberties legislation to protect personal information and property, was a fierce critic of Trump during the campaign. She and…

Our Republican leaders are trying to help President Trump. McConnell and other GOP leaders agree there is voter fraud but not on the scale claimed by Trump. “There is no evidence that it occurred in such a significant number that would have changed the presidential election,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday…

The recent happenings at Berkeley got me to thinking. A comment I made about the current riots (roughly) “That was nothing. In the 60s there were 10s of thousands in the streets. They are getting thousands. At most.” got me thinking more. In the 60s I was on scene for a lot of it. I…

Yes he did. And in his honor a little street fightin’ music. Kathy Kinsley in the comments suggested that “We all want to change the world.” Well we are all doing what we can. Here is what I can.

Eric is covering the physical aspects of the riots in Berkeley. I’d like to give a bit of attention to the moral aspects. Or How Mario Savio became a hero of the right. In 1964, Berkeley student Mario Savio addressed his peers in a speech about the importance of the free and open discussion on…

For the past few hours, I’ve been hearing loud explosions, lots of sirens, and helicopters in the air. It’s because Milo was supposed to be speaking here tonight. Canceling the event seems to have only emboldened the demonstrators. Things are pretty ugly around here.   (Actually, I would have said that before today’s events….) MORE: Local news:…

About 9 minutes The early confirmed reports do not match up with the final conclusion of the Quebec mosque shooting.

The Clinton involved would have been Bill. He was cheered by Congress.

Tell me what people fear and I will tell you how to control them.

The problem with politics is that hardly anyone considers, “and then what?” OK. You won. What effect will your win and the policies that flow from the win have on the electorate? In the mind of the winners it is always, “We won didn’t we? They will love us.” I have watched this play out…

“What The Hell’s Going In Chicago?” Trump asks. If you read Chicago newspapers, as I do from time to time, it is not hard to figure out what is going on. There is gang warfare over the heroin trade. The cartel allegedly unloaded heroin from hidden panels in the buses to warehouses in Aurora and…

The new Trump appointed Director of Homeland Security (Homeland Security does have a Germanic ring to it doesn’t it) is praising the recent extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera as a step in the right direction. Since the announcement of infamous cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera’s extradition to the United States, Department…

If we take the latest pronouncements from their Politburo at historical value China must be near their collapse point. Over the weekend China used the Trump inauguration to warn about the perils of democracy, touting the relative stability of the Communist system as President Xi Jinping heads toward a twice-a-decade reshuffle of senior leadership posts.…

It reminded me of the helicopter scene in this movie.

There are rumors that Nigel Farage will be having an occasional word with President Trump (I like the sound of that – much more than the sound of President Clinton). Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is to be a “close but unofficial” advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, the Governor of Mississippi has said. Speaking…