Sounds like, in spite of their overtly Marxist intentions, the leftist “Defund the Police” crowd on the Burlington City Council have inadvertently sparked something advocates of government-reduction and free markets should be only too happy to encourage!
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A Self-Sufficient Mind
In a quiet room, we can find stillness. And in that stillness, we can contemplate our own mind.
Evict the President
President Biden has reversed himself under pressure from his progressive flank and has given the go-ahead for a new moratorium on renter evictions throughout most of the United States for individuals making up to $99,000 a year (couples, $198,000). The twist is that Biden acknowledges that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which reports to his secretary of health and human services, has no legal authority for the action.
To Fight Communism, the U.S. Should Beam Internet Into Cuba
Are they still protesting in Cuba? I don’t know. The Cuban government has shut off the Cuban people’s internet.
Government Has No Right to Mandate
(My Eastern New Mexico News column for August 11, 2021)
As rational thinkers since at least the time of François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, have pointed out, it’s dangerous to be right when those with power are wrong. This is because it’s…
Stop Looking for a King
Populism is a mess. Constitutional attempts to restrict it are weak. To quote Mises, the “Planned Chaos” of governments is taking a toll. A lot of people seem to be searching more ancient traditions for sense and stability. They long for a clearly structured world that harmonizes with the hierarchies in nature and human nature. Some of them long for a king.
Why Wouldn’t Government Grow?
One of the least mysterious things in life is why the government grows. The better question is why it ever shrinks.
A Pinprick of Light
If you were in the deepest reaches of space, engulfed in millions of cubic miles of darkness, a pinprick of […]
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10 A-List Celebrities Who Got Dental Implants
The Great Reset is upon us… or at least the powers that be are trying to bring it out. What was once a fringe “conspiracy theory” is now on display plain as day for everyone to see. The economic, political, academic, and media elites around the world are leveraging the chaos, confusion, and restrictions on liberty from the COVID-19 lockdowns and using them to radically alter society around the world.
Huemer’s Two Taxes
In my “Knowledge, Reality, and Value” Book Club, I focus on my disagreements with Huemer, even though I agree with the vast majority of what the book says. Recently, however, he wrote a separate piece that I disagree with almost entirely, entitled “Two Taxes that Aren’t Theft.” Using Huemer’s common-sense approach to ethics, I say that he’s deeply mistaken on both counts.