Paul GowderFrom spellchecker to system restore: a story of extreme aggression with sudoI managed to poop all over my operating system with a spell checker.Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
Paul GowderOn “looting,” “rioting,” agency, and democracy.First: it is unequivocally bad when people’s stuff gets destroyed. It is unequivocally bad when third parties to a social conflict are…Aug 29, 2020Aug 29, 2020
Paul GowderSome brief notes on what “police abolition” means to me.These are some loose and only lightly proofread notes on what police abolition means to me. It was originally written as a facebook…Jun 9, 2020Jun 9, 2020
Paul GowderWhy I Signed the Law Professor’s Letter opposing the confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the…Since I signed the law professor’s letter opposing the confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, I’ve received some e-mails…Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
Paul GowderinNiskanen CenterThe Trump Threat to the Rule of Law and the ConstitutionDonald Trump poses a threat to the rule of law. Here’s what we can do to stand up for America’s constitutional order.Feb 3, 2017Feb 3, 2017
Paul GowderIowa Legislative Hall of Shame, 2017 session thus farA bunch of really terrible bills have been introduced in the Iowa legislature thus far in 2017.Jan 28, 2017Jan 28, 2017
Paul GowderMake Sure Donald Trump Can’t Tamper with Public DataI’m written a small, hopefully useful, tool to allow for decentralized monitoring of public data (coding against Donald Trump). It’s called…Jan 17, 20172Jan 17, 20172
Paul GowderThe iPad Pro: First ImpressionsI’m writing this on my brand new iPad Pro (gigantic model, specced up to the wazoo). In case anyone’s also thinking about pulling the…Jan 10, 2017Jan 10, 2017
Paul GowderSecurity people: why is this idea dumb?Reflections on the occasion of watching someone fairly sophisticated narrowly avoid getting phished about an hour ago.Dec 27, 2016Dec 27, 2016
Paul GowderIt is incorrect to compare Donald Trump’s terrifying tweet about stripping citizenship from…Constitutional lawyer here. Let’s talk some sense.Nov 29, 20161Nov 29, 20161