Smart guns? No thanks.
I recently read an opinion article on CNN.com by Jeremy Shane, and I had a few thoughts to share. Shane basically says that it would be great if guns were smart enough to refuse to fire when they...
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Women and the Priesthood
A lot of people — mostly non-Mormons — seem to think that the recent General Conference prayer given by a woman proves it’s only a matter of time before the Church starts ordaining women to the...
View ArticleSex and violence
I mentioned on Twitter a few hours ago that I can’t rely on movie ratings anymore, because I don’t really mind violence in movies, but I want to avoid sexual content. The response was, “that doesn’t...
View ArticleTime for a rename
Well, I finally got tired of the weird looks people have been giving me for the last few years when I tell them my email address or website URL. For now I’m going with danielgmyers.com, and we’ll see...
View ArticlePeople will do it anyway, so let’s make it legal
A few minutes ago, I read a comment that said, “a woman who wants to abort a child will find a way even if it’s in back alleys.” She didn’t outright say it, but she seemed to be arguing that it’s not...
View ArticleWhen does abortion become murder?
I almost always see pro-abortion arguments framed in terms of the rights and desires of the mother. The argument is essentially that a woman should be allowed to have an abortion because it’s her body...
View ArticleA note on terminology in abortion debates
I’ve noticed a consistent pattern from both sides of the abortion debate in the specific terminology chosen to refer to the target of the abortion: Those in the pro-abortion camp invariably refer to it...
View ArticleOn changing opinions
I’ve been thinking a lot about the process of changing one’s opinion. It’s not an obvious process with clearly defined stages; it happens in fits and starts, sometimes making leaps in one direction and...
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On changing opinions: Climate Change
Over a year ago, I wrote a post about the process of opinion-changing. At the time, I intended to follow up with a series of posts about specific things I had changed my opinion on for various...
View ArticleHow do we enforce immigration law when children are involved?
This isn’t getting the “On Changing Opinions” tag of my last few posts because, well, it isn’t a new opinion. In fact in this post I’m not even going to spend time on my actual opinion, which is that...
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