Either choice in any election is the greater of two evils. The one who seems the lesser of the evils becomes the greater of the two evils when she is elected and gains access to the powers granted thereby. Kilgore
Author: Kilgore Forelle
Learning Basics
Nobody asked but … It may be constructive to look at things that are more or less universally covered in public state schools. And perhaps even more important, to look at what is not being taught in those same schools. And “why?” for each. We could have quite a discussion of reading, writing, and math,…
Words Poorly Used #27 — Constitutional
If Lysander Spooner wrote, “But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain — that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist,” in the middle of the 19th century, then how…
More Bad News for the Regulatorbots
Nobody asked but … Sanford Ikeda deflates 18 of the anti-free-market balloons, here, here, and here. Here are some of the falsehoods he addresses: The free market creates scarcity and higher prices The free market encourages racism, homophobia, and other types of bigotry The free market is pro-war The free market is always efficient The…
War, in Its Particulars
Nobody asked but … I got into a facebook discussion of the Selective Service Act of the FDR era, when suddenly it came to me, in a cohesive sense, that all acts of war are irrational, but connected. Oh, the things we do for war! If we want to talk about saving the planet —…
Re: Self-Interest II
Nobody asked but … Voluntaryists and libertarians put a value on being left in peace. This necessarily includes acceptance of the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP) and of all responsibilities implied thereby. The assumption of this responsibility is the thing a libertarian has chosen to owe to others. The anti-libertarian believes that the libertarian will not observe…
Re: Self-Interest
Nobody asked but …I believe that libertarians put a value on being left alone. This necessarily includes self-ownership and self-determination and self-recognition of all responsibilities assumed. The assumption of responsibility is the thing a libertarian has chosen to owe to others. The anti-libertarian believes that the libertarian will evade those responsibilities. But then the anti-libertarian…
Happy No Presidents Day!
Nobody asked but … Let’s use future third Mondays in February as a target date for celebrating the removal of the Constitutional office of POTUS. So far we have had 44 failures out of 44 attempts (although Thomas Jefferson was a great man in most other respects, Calvin Coolidge spoke eloquently on the merits of…
Homeschooled
Nobody asked but … 25 Modern science, math and technology leaders who were homeschooled. Kilgore
Copaganda
Nobody asked but … Some Facebook friends and I were discussing a new cops and robbers (I repeat myself) teevee show, “Almost Human.” I joked that the show might be an example of “copaganda.” Surely I am not the first to coin that word. But J. Edgar Hoover (FBI) and William Parker (LAPD) invented the…