PinnedIndividual Sovereignty in Political TheoryJacob Rodriguez, PLSC 499: Senior Seminar February 22nd, 2020 Introduction Thesis statement: Individual sovereignty is an ideal that is latent throughout Western philosophy, develops gradually through its early texts, and becomes fully realized in the Enlightenment Era. Throughout this process it emerges in opposition to collective visions of society. Political philosophy…Politics73 min read
Nov 3, 2020Civil Asset ForfeitureAn affront to our natural rights. — The story of America and its government is one of declared rights and freedoms, and a struggle for the most fully realized and practical method for which to deliver these rights to the people. Some have been upheld with excellent results, while others have been belabored and impeded for various…Politics14 min read
Nov 3, 2020Republican Party FactionsLibertarianism, Neoconservatism, and the Moderate Wing. — Much to George Washington’s dismay, political parties are a crucial foundation of our modern politics. These parties are large, cohabiting movements of factions, usually joined together out of similar ideological leanings, political expediency or a myriad of other factors. American political parties are broad tents for sometimes overtly different causes…Politics18 min read
Sep 12, 2020Hegemony and TransracialismAs the 2017 example of the Hypatia journal demonstrated, the idea that there is an logical equivalency between transgenderism and transracialism, or that transracialism is a socially acceptable change or philosophy to take through life, is an idea which the critical theory and postmodernist, structuralist thinkers in our academic institutions…Transgender5 min read
Oct 3, 2018AllegationsThe nomination of Brett Kavanaugh has been thrown into chaos by last minute allegations of sexual assault, made against him by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Debra Ramirez and Julie Swetnick. The accusations against him include attempted sexual assault, exposing himself and participating in repeated gang rapes. These allegations came out…Sexual Assault2 min read
Dec 5, 2017Civil Asset ForfeitureThe story of America and its government is one of declared rights and freedoms, and a struggle for the most fully realized and practical method for which to deliver these rights to the people. Some have been upheld with excellent results, while others have been belabored and impeded for various…Government14 min read
Nov 5, 2017The Pro–Choice Advocate’s Myth“The patriarchal religions that sustain the anti-abortion movement explicitly oppose those ideals (feminism).” — The Nation, “Can a Feminist Be Pro–life?” “To understand these anti-abortion women is to realize that for them…it is about pleasing a patriarchal God.” — The Huffington Post, “Women and Abortion: ‘Don’t Give Up Your Power’” …Abortion7 min read
Apr 12, 2017Hypocrisy inTransgender TheoryOn June 11 of 2015, Rachel Dolezal gave a particularly cringeworthy interview in which she has asked if she was African American. She fumbled and obfuscated, saying she didn’t understand the question and eventually left the interview. …Transgender5 min read
Mar 15, 2017Liberals are Trying (and Failing) to Sink Neil GorsuchNeil Gorsuch, a judge nominated by president Donald Trump to the Supreme Court, is set to begin his nomination process within the next few weeks. Since his nomination, Democrats and liberal progressive pundits have been doing their best to defeat his nomination. Frustrated by their failure to nominate Barack Obama’s…Politics2 min read
Mar 9, 2017The Non–Existent Anti–Women ConspiracyOn this International Women’s Day, lets take this moment to acknowledge something that most intelligent women are already aware of; there is no anti–women, vast rightwing conspiracy tasked with destroying women’s rights. The very notion that such a thing exists seems slightly ridiculous on its own, but is in fact…Abortion3 min read
