Robin KoernerDec 18, 201737 minPurism Isn’t Principled in an Impure World (or: Why the Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good) Margaret Thatcher once said that “politics at its purest is philosophy in action”. As...
Robin KoernerApr 12, 201714 minAuthoritarians to the Right of Me, Authoritarians to the LeftAuthoritarians to the Right of Me Trump’s election caused a spike in sales of George Orwell’s famous novel, 1984 – apparently to people...
Robin KoernerSep 5, 20156 minNo Sex Please: We're CalifornianRape may represent the greatest possible violation against a human being except, perhaps, for murder. Any decent person sympathizes with...
Robin KoernerSep 5, 20157 minYour Problem with Guns or Gays Is Not PoliticalLast month, I did something I’d done only once before: I went to a range and shot some guns. Lots of guns. All shapes, ages and sizes....