Jaber Borran

Category: Ethics

  • Taking Maximum Advantage of Political Violence

    I have already written about how I feel about the role of violence in the society, and that it is not the solution to any problem and does not have any place in a civilized and democratic society. And by “violence,” here I really mean any kind of violence, be it political, ideological, or even…

  • You Be the Judge

    Yesterday, Todd Blanche, the number two political appointee at the DoJ, and the President’s fixer and former criminal defense attorney (who unsuccessfully defended him in the porn star Stormy Daniel’s hush money case that resulted in 34 felony convictions for the President), rushed to a prison in Florida where Ghislaine Maxwell is serving her 20-year…

  • Everyone Matters

    While, admittedly, there are more falsehoods on the Internet than facts, it is still possible for any interested individual to search for a recent news, read about it from multiple sources, and determine the facts or falsehoods in different presentations of that news across different outlets with different agenda, preferably avoiding AI generated material and…

  • Power to Exercise One’s Freedom of Speech

    I have already written about the First Amendment to the United States’ Constitution, and that, contrary to common understanding or attempts by those who have always wanted to abuse it, it is not just about the freedom of speech, and even the part that is related to the freedom of speech, is not a blanket…

  • A Day of Love

  • Nobody Stormed the Capitol Today!

    Why? Because unfortunately one side lacks petulant sore losers, an abundant supply of which is available on the other side.

  • What Now? A Post-Mortem

    So Jack Smith has asked Judge Chutkan and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the DoJ’s prosecution of the former president, for both the January 6th election subversion case, as well the Florida classified documents case. The January 6th case was in front of Judge Chutkan waiting for a decision possibly following briefings…

  • Ignorance is Bliss (1)

    The president elect has started announcing his picks for cabinet and other important positions in the executive branch. And each picks is more astonishing and controversial than the previous one. I am not planning on going through all of his picks here, but just mentioning a few will help appreciate the scope of the disaster.…

  • Agree to Disagree

    In the current tumultuous political environment, I often hear people say “let’s agree to disagree,” when they realize that they really don’t have any reliable source or evidence for their claims or arguments other than that they had heard it in a Trump rally, or from Fox News or Newsmax, or had seen it in…

  • The Joke Is on Me!

    You are probably wondering if I made a typo or some other mistake in choosing the title of this post. I did not. Bear with me for a few minutes, and you will agree. A few weeks ago, I posted a piece with the title “Poetic Justice,” in which I argued that the conservative super-majority…