It should not be the government’s prerogative to define and ensure immigrants’ “success” and assimilation. We have zero reason to be confident in the ability of politicians and bureaucrats to predict success, however defined.
Tag: logic
If You Think You Can Do Better, Then Go Do It
Anytime you say “I can do better than X” where X equals a situation you’re currently a part of, that means one of the following things is true of you: you’re naive, you’re bluffing, or you’re selling yourself short.
What Are You Running From?
Too many people treat the process of “finding what you love” or “following your passion” as if it’s some kind of golden ticket that exempts them from the otherwise normal human experience of self-doubt, temptation, stress, risk, and adversity.
It’s a Good Thing the Internet Makes it Easier for Crazies to Find Each Other
The fact that we political and parental radicals have found these ideas and each other is not only a silver lining to this larger phenomenon, nor should we who recognize this and the other kinds of crazy that are persisting and spreading lament it as such. I think we do our voluntaryist ideals a disservice when we do, which brings me to my second reason.
Five Reasons to Consider Homeschooling Your Child
Why are a majority of parents choosing to homeschool their children today? Research has shown that the number has doubled over the last ten years. In any case, if the trend continues, which it should, the number of students studying from home in 2018 will be more than 2 million.
A Reconsideration of “The Personal Is Political”
“The personal is political,” if taken in the sense that everything about a person must be forced into the Procrustean Bed of an ideology, guarantees a life of bleak, endless, and futile struggle, which is all the more tragic because it was never necessary or wise in the first place.
Embarrassing Borderism Fail
I just read what should have been one of the most embarrassing justifications for borderism I’ve ever seen passed off as thought. I won’t mention the particular thinker who squeezed it out.
Delusional Support for Cops is Everywhere!
I guess it’s a pointless battle, even among the pro-liberty crowd. I’m still right, but I will walk away from the discussion. You can’t get through to those who are so desperate to not understand.
The Unbearable Arbitrariness of Deploring
You could insist that my ranking of the seriousness of various offenses is wrong – or at least no more judicious than the broader public’s. But even if I’m wrong on the specifics, am I really wrong about the underlying psychology of anger, sadness, and fear?
Reality is the Sum of Dreams
Every element of our experience – from norms and traditions, to languages and laws, to eggs and bacon – came about as a result of discontentment, vision (or dream), and belief. Someone had to dream of crossing an ocean as a precondition to building a ship. The city your were born in is likely one outgrowth of that dream.