If you see a guy climbing in your teenage daughter’s bedroom window in the middle of the night, with rope and a butcher knife in his hand, do you believe you have a pretty good idea what he’s thinking? Or should you wait and ask him before making any snap judgments?
Tag: rights
Trial by Media is a Political Weapon
Anyone who has influence and holds a viewpoint that goes against the accepted status quo is now in danger of being tried and convicted by the media’s kangaroo court.
Words Poorly Used #121 — Property Rights
I just listened to Episode 1047 of the Tom Woods Show, wherein Tom kicked around the ideas of property rights with Professor Gerard Casey. After listening intently, I’ve come to the notion that property rights cannot be defined in advance of actual cases.
Humans Have Rights
Those who claim to believe rights vary depending on the rights government recognizes are confused about what rights are.
Happy Holidays; Yes, All of Them
Like it or not (personally, I like it a lot), America IS a multi-religious and multi-cultural country with holidays galore. So what if you don’t celebrate them all? Why not just congratulate those who do? Shut yer griping, Trump. Merry Christmas AND Happy Holidays!
“Witch!”
Why is the act of making accusations suddenly so trendy? Maybe it’s just a snowball effect, or jumping on the bandwagon. The more who accuse, the easier it is to come forward with your own accusations.
Liberty, Democracy, and the Right
I am mystified by the claim that the long-standing libertarian critique of democracy furnishes aid and comfort to conservatives who display a taste for populist authoritarianism.
The Case for NAP Parenting
We live in a society where parents and guardians promote and use aggression towards children that would be considered immoral and criminal if inflicted on other adults.
Elite
Even if you can find the one elite who sets a million mites to work on a billion fleas who will infest a trillion dog’s tails, there is another elite starting a similar chain of chains of chains, a nanosecond before and a nanosecond after.
Words Poorly Used #118 — Probable Cause
After some deliberation, it seems that in general the 4th amendment is more a blueprint in large for violating a person’s castle and or privacy, and that in particular it is a monument to the law and order crowd’s endless impulse to enforce pre-crime.