If we want politics out of education, we have to separate school and state. Entirely. No government involvement whatsoever. Parents can homeschool their kids, or join with other parents to teach small groups, or hire private tutors, or pay tuition at private schools — without one thin dime of taxpayer aid or one crumb of government permission or bureaucratic control.
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Try For a Normal without Tyrants
Consider: Those who gained power or prestige by using the COVID panic will not willingly go back to the way life was before. They will have to be forced out. They’ll probably make this a crime before you get the chance. Try anyway.
Government Keeps Trying To Censor This Brewery; The Owner Isn’t Having It
Jim Caruso, CEO of Flying Dog Brewery, calls his business a “First Amendment brewery.” That’s because he keeps going to court to defend beer labels. It started in 1995, when Colorado’s Liquor Commission objected to the label, “Good Beer, No Shit.”
Social Desirability Bias vs. Punishment
Demagogic policies surround us, but no true demagogue enforces them strictly. The result: As long as you don’t call too much attention to yourself, you can pick and choose which laws to follow at surprisingly low cost. So, I ask you, why not follow your conscience?
Help Wanted: The Labor Shoe is on the Other Foot
Labor is a commodity. It’s something the worker sells for money. And as with any other commodity, supply versus demand tells the story.
Word Jungle
Market. Marketplace. Free market. Open market. Corporatocracy. Self-interest. Greed. Graft. Grift. Regulation. Regulatory capture. Human action. Human nature. Darwin. Darwinism. Natural selection. Eugenics. Survival. Survival of the fittest. Leadership. Adherency. History. Fact. Fiction. Dog eat dog. War. Peace. Civil. Barbaric.
Why “Science Denial”?
In a new book two professors of psychology, Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer, seek to explain why what they call “science denial” is rampant today and how dangerous it is. They also give their account in a strange conversation with Michael Shermer, the editor of Skeptic magazine, from whom we might have expected a tad more “skepticism” or at least some devil’s advocacy.
Military Vaccine Mandate: A Teachable Moment
On August 25, two days after the US Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered “full vaccination of all members of the Armed Forces.” Cue outrage and objection. Some officers have resigned their commissions; some enlisted personnel seem willing to risk court-martial and dishonorable discharge rather … Continue reading Military Vaccine Mandate: A Teachable Moment
Taxing Rich Discourages Productivity
Tax the rich? It sounds like a great idea … to people without a grasp of economic reality. For the rest of us, it looks like national economic suicide.
On Cultural Appropriation
I was reminded recently of the silly notion called cultural appropriation. It’s silly for two reasons: 1) every culture on Earth is a result of the mixing of previous cultures, and 2) cultural practices are ideas, and ideas cannot be owned.