In Mala Fide

I’ve got a couple of haters to talk about, with a common theme this time! First, Torgo(‘s Pizza) accuses me of writing my blog solely to garner attention: Hard to hate someone who’s writing is meant to intentionally incite hatred. You associate being popular with being right (Argumentum ad populum). Your screeds are based on [...]

This guest post was submitted by Ed Soto. If you would like to submit a post to In Mala Fide, check out the guidelines for contributions and then email me via the contact form, subject line “Guest Post”. Women now outnumber men at U.S. colleges and universities. Such a phenomenon has never before occurred in [...]

This past weekend, Sarah Palin, who is rapidly becoming the queen of the Tea Party Movement, endorsed John McCain for re-election to the Senate over his Tea Party-backed challenger. Let me re-state that – a politician popular among a certain ideological movement is backing a candidate for office that stands in opposition to everything that [...]

Commenter TG left these remarks on an Obsidian post I linked last Sunday on why a disproportionate number of atheists are nerds: Of course smart guys hate religion. Smart men typically don’t follow(in many cases) follow their impulses to make decisions. Religion is designed to protect people from their own internal impulses. Atheism is fine [...]

Because I’m far too lazy to keep thinking up puns that involve the word “plug,” I’m sticking with one title from here on out. New bloggers on the roll include Bob Belvedere, who I introduced in this post. He describes himself as follows: I like to describe myself as an 18th Century conservative.  I am [...]

This post by the charming and thoughtful Sofia got me thinking about some issues related to game and politics. This entry is a bit more disorganized then normal, so bear with me. 1) When it comes to politics, women are either totally dull or batshit crazy. There is no middle ground. Without fail, all of [...]