In an effort to keep up with the times and serve a profitable market segment, southern-style comfort-food restaurant chain Cracker Barrel recently added a new item to its menu.
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The official Everything-Voluntary.com blog.
Wasting Uvalde
We seem never to learn. We have no recognition of destructive behaviors in our species. We don’t know the difference between right and wrong.
Need Should Be Met By The People
People see me say I don’t want government doing something and often jump to the conclusion I don’t want that thing done at all. Sometimes they are right, as in the case of legislation enforcement. More often they are wrong, as in the case of environmental protection, security, or justice.
Does Private Property Amount to “Enslavement by Proxy”?
Six months ago it was asked on r/Libertarian, “How are you a libertarian supporting the actions of the Canadian government?” regarding the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. Included with the question was some commentary. u/teluetetime responded and this conversation on private property ensued. Enjoy.
Hoping Future Has More Liberty Wins
It feels like the future is being pulled in two directions at once. Things are getting better, while things also feel like they are getting worse. Both are probably true.
The Easy Way To Avoid Federal Income Tax: Move to Puerto Rico
Wherever markets are free, new wealth gets created. Then almost everyone wins.
Public Schools Are ‘Hemorrhaging’ Students in Major Cities
The new academic year hasn’t even begun and public school enrollment is already not looking good in some parts of the country.
“Net Neutrality” is Back. It’s Still a Corporate Welfare Scam and Internet Censorship Enabling Act.
On July 28, US Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with US Representative Doris Matsui (D-HI) introduced a bill to reclassify Internet Service Providers from Title I “information services” to Title II “common carrier services.” Why this bill? Because the term “Net Neutrality” polls well among those who don’t bother to look into the details.
Natural
We cannot avoid the inevitability of Nature by passing a pitiful fiction in a legislature, which is itself a fiction. We cannot supplant Nature by toying with language in the courts, which are themselves fictions.
Abortion is a Language and Concept Controversy
I created and posted this picture to reddit, making the point that abortion, in the minds of many, perhaps most, is a rights versus rights issue. Those who are uncomfortable with that will just define away the unborn, which is unconvincing to many, perhaps most, of us. The following on abortion, and then language, ensued.…