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“The Scandal of Democracy,” The Philosophical Salon, 4/15/2019.
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- “Malls of America: They May Masquerade as Public Spaces - But They Just Want Us to Shop,” Salon, Nov. 27, 2015.
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- “We Can't Advance the Goals of Black Lives Matter Without Addressing Gun Control,” The Washington Post, August 28, 2015.
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- “Campus Carry vs. Faculty Rights,” Inside Higher Ed, March 19, 2015
- “Two Years After Sandy Hook, Schools Aren't Safer,” Baltimore Sun, December 14, 2014
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- “Locke and Load: The Fatal Error of the ‘Stand Your Ground' Philosophy,” NY Times, February 23, 2014
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- “What if green products make us pollute more?” Baltimore Sun, June 2, 2011
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- “Have a Fatty New Year: The government is undermining your resolve to eat more healthily in 2011” Baltimore Sun, January 3, 2011.
- “The Failed State next door,” Baltimore Sun, October 17, 2010