A Perfectly Legal Tax Revolt
It falls upon certain generations to wrestle liberty back from an ever-expanding State. It happened in England in the 17th century, America in the...
The Vanity of the Leftists
One of the questions I have heard asked over and over is just why intellectuals tend to be so left-wing? (A similar question is:...
Who Is Evil?
The word ‘evil’ is thrown around rather carelessly. George Bush is regularly called ‘evil’, as is Hitler of course. There seems to be little...
‘Humanity’s Curse’ – It’s Not What You Think
(a response to the article Humanity’s Curse in the National Post, Saturday, April 30, 2005) Well, here is another fine article pondering the mystery...
Why We Are Where We Are
I am reading a book at the moment called ‘Fatherless America’, which is, like most sociology texts, strong on effects and hopeless on causes....
Are People Just Stupid?
There is one thought that has occurred to every libertarian at one time or another: Are people just, like, stupid?It’s a fair question. The...
Gomery and the true source of corruption…
So now everyone is pretending to be shocked and horrified over the Gomery inquiry. Sum total misspent: $200 million – a drop in the...
The Clarity of Concepts
I once had a passionate argument in a coffee shop with a philosophy student who tried to convince me that the concept of ‘truth’...
Historical Causality
When I sat down to figure out what I wanted to do for my Master’s degree, one of the topics highest on my list...
Lateral Paranoia
Last Saturday night (March 12, 2005, if it’s of interest), I had one of the most predictable arguments in the history of political thought....
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