Praising the Platypus.

Conservatism: the holding of political views that favor free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.Liberalism: a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.Contrarianism: a practice of opposing or rejecting popular opinion, or more minimally, a practice of always interrogating current practices.Non-Conformism: practicing behaviors or holding views that … More Praising the Platypus.

Here We Are Again.

It’s happened again, and will happen again. And we mourn, and then we fight over what to do about it. On one side, many voices call for gun bans and confiscations of specific classes of guns. They read from the Gospel of the New York Times: “America’s elected leaders offer prayers for gun victims and … More Here We Are Again.