The Spirited Reasoner

This week’s unanimous guilty verdict in the Ahmaud Arbery case raises an interesting legal question for Spirited Reasoners: Why did a unanimous jury in Wisconsin reach the opposite decision—i. e.,…

This past week’s acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges, including the most minor misdemeanor, raises the question of whether Americans have now lost the right to peacefully assemble as…

Spirited Reasoners will be relieved to know that this week’s blog post will not consist of the usual political rant. Instead, we’ll be imagining how our every day lives are…

Last week, we opined that a win by Democrats on the infrastructure bill would eventually translate into Democratic wins in the 2022 and 2024 elections. The vote in the Senate…

In 1996, Congress adopted what looks like today as a starry-eyed approach to social media. Take a look at a few of the preamble clauses found in subsection (a) of…

Anyone watching political news these days can be forgiven for a sense of utter confusion. On any given evening we can expect to be treated to at least one story…

Several polls have been released over the past few weeks, all showing that Donald Trump maintains a substantial approval rating among Republicans. One of these polls from Iowa indicated that…

For those of you who may not have seen a homeless camp, allow the Spirited Reasoner to paint the following picture, albeit from a distance: You’re driving along an interstate…

For the past twenty years or so, Americans have been treated to Congress’s favorite game: debt ceiling brinksmanship. The game requires two teams: one Republican, one Democrat. The rules of…

In one of my past lives as a university president (I served at two), I recall attending a basketball game. At most home games at this university, there was a…