Nobody asked but … The first people to seek state assistance are those who have acquired more property than they can handle. So they go rentseeking. The rest of us are stuck with both the state and the tab. The next to seek state assistance are those who don’t even want to manage their self-ownership.…
Category: Nobody Asked, But
Systems
Nobody asked but … 26 Pictures Will Make You Re-Evaluate Your Entire Existence It all comes back down to you. You must originate, develop, operate and maintain your existence, all of your principles, your moral codes, your ethics, your education. Everything in the universe is a unique sub-system, somewhat alike to other things of its…
Voluntaryism II
Nobody asked but … In any dimension (and there are uncountable instances of them), there is always a clear separateness of any two entities. There is a marker where I stop and you begin. The marker is, in most practical senses, easy to observe. If you and I are standing in a room, within physical…
Voluntaryism
Nobody asked but … Actually, many people do ask, “You call yourself a voluntaryist, so what does that mean?” Good question, and the answer bears repeating! All human interactions should be voluntary — I will take no actions that I do not do willingly, nor will I coerce another to take such actions unwillingly. The…
Dead Air
Nobody asked but … There is a hole in my Dish satellite program matrix. Fox News is gone, and the dead air is more informative than what was there before. Now, if Dish would only get rid of the rest of the cable news channels … kilgore
The Torture Report
Nobody asked but … We’ve been lied to!!!! Now the executive branch and all of the pols in the congress can breathe a sigh of relief. The people of America can breathe a sigh of relief. After an orgy of cable news speculation and I-told-you-so’s, we can all quietly go back to the quotidian acceptance…
Nathaniel Brandon, RIP
Nobody asked but … A few days ago, Nathaniel Branden died at thehalfway point of his 85th year. His psychology of self-esteem has been a major influence for me. I didn’t even know about him until I read a biography on Ayn Rand, by Anne Conover Heller, in which the probable affair between Rand and…
There Will Always Be Government
Nobody asked but … The only philosophical debate I got into with family at Thanksgiving ended with me being told in stern tones that “there will always be government, even if there are only two people!” But, on calm reflection, the critical issue is whether that government is voluntary. It is not voluntary when…
Ferguson
Nobody asked but … No matter where you stand on the spectrum of law and order, you must regret the outcome. The victims are the dead man, the shooter, and all of us who depend on honesty from public servants. I never thought I would be writing anything about the Ferguson MO incident because it…
Peaceful Travelers II
Nobody asked but … The firestorm on immigration mounts. Although kindled by Obama, the colossal amount of ignorance fans the flame. Today I heard someone say the phrase “illegal aliens.” First of all the term, “alien,” is a tortured concept, and since it can only emanate from a territory, an entirely fictional concept, it is…