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.4 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Aug 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…4 min read·Jun 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…7 min read·Oct 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.19 min read·Feb 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 2017.2 min read·Jan 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…2 min read·Jan 17, 2017--2--2
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…5 min read·Jan 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.3 min read·Dec 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.5 min read·Nov 29, 2016--1--1