Clearly, a person who violates your property owes you compensation and if someone is violating your property, you have the right to defend it. That’s the easy part of the…
revealing universal, objective morality
UPDATE: I added some examples, since this is kind of hard to understand on its own. i have always thought that morality was universal and objective. in other words, that…
you do not have an inherent right to free speech
the only right that you have is the right to your property. property can consist of anything that you have acquired through voluntary means, including your own body, your socks,…
leprechauns, unicorns, and Flarf the Almighty vs god
over the last couple of years i’ve been letting go of my life-long dedication to christianity for atheism. i’ve always had trouble with faith, but i’ve tried to stick it…
the problem with schooling
one of the most destructive ideas in the world today is the idea that traditional schooling (i’ll define that later) is good. i don’t mean just public schooling, but traditional…
how to think like a politician, part 2: the war on terror
i maintain that, generally, the biggest political initiatives are seen when the interests of big, politically-connected corporations intersect the interests of government. those interests are, again generally, profits for the…
the final arbiter
before reading this post it would be instructive to read these first: “the state and the justice market“, “the state and national defense” and “the police market“. a common question…