Nobody asked but … I have no desire to be a beneficiary of the state or the king. The benefit (so-called) strengthens their claim to the role of benefactor while denying my claim to freedom. Kilgore
Author: Kilgore Forelle
On Reading Fiction (eg Harry Potter)
Nobody asked but … Skyler, your recent comments on the voluntaryist lessons from Harry Potter struck a chord. I would be much more likely to recommend the novels of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross MacDonald, Lawrence Block, and Michael Connelly in the hardboiled genre, and Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, Anthony Burgess, John Brunner, and Philip…
More on Coincidence
Nobody asked but … A friend theorized that since a War on Drugs seems to produce more Drugs, then maybe we should promote a War on Common Sense to have more Common Sense. Unfortunately, I don’t think it works that way. Most publicized Wars on [fill-in-the-blank] are actually wars on those who are afflicted with…
Coincidence? I Think Not.
Nobody asked but … With what are we at war? And what are the three largest industries in the U.S? Poverty, drugs, terror. Kilgore
St. James Infirmary
Nobody asked but … If you really want to see a demonstration of the individuality and diversity of human expression, go to Amazon.com and do a search among its downloadable music offerings for the New Orleans classic, St. James Infirmary. There are 1,057 results today. Then start listening to the 30-second clips by clicking on…
I Trust You Understand This
Nobody asked but … One of the most frequently used words in human exchange is trust, and to me it is one of the most misunderstood ideas. An example — to drive on the roads requires you to trust other drivers. Well, no such thing applies. You must actually have reasonable expectations of safety in…
What Took So Long?
Nobody asked but … What are the odds … that government would eventually discover that the constitution was just a [expletive deleted] piece of paper? The very meaning of government is that it will govern you — you will not govern it. Government is the downfall of individual competence — individual competence is the downfall…
Black Vehicles with Black Windows
Nobody asked but … On the way to my teaching assignment this morning, I was listening to the podcast, No Agenda, with Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak. They were talking about one of my pet peeves — Blackwateresque Black mega-vehicles with Black-tinted windows. They likened the increasing presence of these vehicles to the explosion…
Re: Madmen
Nobody asked but … I am enough of a Madisonian to believe that if we are to have a constitution, it should be taken seriously, but I am enough of a Spoonerite to suspect that the constitution will never be honored, will always be irrelevant, and should be relegated to a museum piece. Kilgore
A Tool for Madmen
Nobody asked but … If we replaced the articles of confederation because they failed, then why didn’t we replace the constitution? Kilgore