punchline: it’s a free country. free to do what? in the u.s. (and most any other place on the planet), citizens are not free at all. virtually every aspect of…
the constitution
i hear lots of talk about the constitution, especially from those new to the libertarian movement. it mostly revolves around how great the constitution is and how smart the “founding…
government “charity”
i keep seeing the u.s. navy commercial on t.v. where they talk about the tsunami of 2005 and how the navy came to save the day. doesn’t that sound wonderful?!…
are criminals and their victims the same thing?
http://digg.com/d1o6H1 in the story linked to, 57% of u.s. voters prefer military action against north korea because they fired off another of their utterly pathetic “missiles”. these things are, at…
gun control = murder
it took a long time for the issue of gun control to come up on this blog. i guess i just think that the argument is so dead among true…
risk and control
this is just a musing on the relationship of control and risk. when people are controlled through threat of force, their quality of life will drop because they are kept…
the left is better
whoda thunk it, but barack obama is actually worse than W. not only has he escalated the war in afganistan and done nothing about iraq, but he’s done everythying possible…
us and them
one of the most important things for people to understand is how to bridge the gap between all of these ideas and the real world. it’s important to understand that…
politics and philosophy
politics, for the average person, is one of the most moronic pursuits possible. many folks love to dabble in it, with hilariously ignorant, contradictory or hypocritical results. it’s a game…