The image here captures a sentiment I’ve seen expressed everywhere since Joe Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2020 presidential race. Especially on the far left and in circles of disappointed Bernie Sanders supporters, many have been quick to cast him as a villain no better than Trump…

(Image Source: Data from U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Interactive Graphics by Mark Graves, The Oregonian) “Criminals don’t follow gun laws. Therefore, they are useless.” By that logic, all laws are useless. And we can prove they are not. We can clearly observe from the function of laws in society that laws are effective. Take for example…

Having white privilege does not mean that you face no disadvantages, or even that you face less disadvantages than others. White privilege means that the disadvantages you face in life are not caused by your race. …