War and the Fantasy of Protection
A few days ago, I was at lunch with a colleague, an ex-military man, and the talk got to politics. I mentioned that the...
Morality and Society: A Liberating Elegy
When I was a teenager, and I was exposed to ideas as a simple as ‘taxation is theft’, I swallowed them as easily as...
Morality is Honesty: The Science of Ethics
The question ‘what is morality’ has needlessly baffled mankind for centuries, if not millennia. Morality seems to have little root in objective reality; it...
One Faith, One Club: The Religiosity of Power
Those who desire power need only one faith to rule supreme over their flock: the belief that rulers are different in some irreproducible manner...
The Challenge of Charity
Charity is a core concept in modern morality; it is one of the unquestioned virtues which demand utter adherence in all circumstances. When examining...
Lies of Authority
Authorities tell us so many obvious lies that is seems amazing that we do not simply laugh outright at them. Here are a few,...
The State and the Family
The State and the family are two closely interrelated mechanisms for suppressing the moral authority of the individual. The State is a fairly obvious...
Loving the State: Leviathan and Optimism
Here in Canada, we are about to surrender our infants to the State. Government daycare will be imposed upon us, and now not even...
De-Socializing Socialism – or – The Myth Of Being Nice
The current debate in Libertarian circles regarding whether the ‘origin of things’ is important or not misses the point. Whether the Fed came into...
The Blessing of Poverty
Two poor young men, Ralph and Bobby, each decide on very different courses. Ralph loves the party life; he drops out of high school,...
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