Archive for December 26, 2012

December 26th, 2012

Recommended Reading #130: (United States) Public Policy, Pt. II



      “Confession #3: The Things They Ran Through the X-ray” at Taking Sense Away (Sociology, Sex and Culture) 11/12/12

Nicely put. I appreciate the commentary on U.S. TSA flying rules and tone in this piece, and of course I find the concluding paragraphs simply lovely. (Link thanks to Violet Blue.)

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      “Can America Be Great Again?” by Alec Baldwin (Non-Sex-Related, Politics, History) 9/24/12

This is outdated, of course, I am relieved that President Obama was indeed re-elected. I still appreciate this piece, however, and the way I perceive it as outlining implications of current and historical states of affairs.

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      “Celebrating the Prince of Peace in the Land of Guns” by Michael Moore (Non-Sex-Related, Sociology, Politics) 12/24/12

I don’t necessarily agree with every assertion in this, but I certainly appreciate the examination in general, and I particularly appreciate the musing on other countries’ feeling less “ME” than the U.S. perhaps pertaining to their comparatively lower murder rates. There are many other things I appreciate in this piece as well, and I will say I feel it increases his credibility that he acknowledges certain uses of guns. I myself don’t feel particularly strongly about gun laws (which doesn’t mean I agree with them or demands for more of them and also doesn’t mean I disagree with them or demands for more of them), mainly because I see our issues as so very much deeper than that and don’t tend to feel laws are the answer to everything. Overall, this kind of contemplation and many of the implications I interpret him as stating here strike me as resonant and relevant.

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