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Understanding the Current Secession Mania
I must admit that I find this entire topic to be insufferably tiring from the very beginning. Not tiring in the sense that it is boring, but in the sense that most people involved in the discussion are so ill-informed … Continue reading
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Deep Thoughts About Bathroom Hygiene
As I aspire to be a deep and rational thinker, willing to call into question even the most deeply entrenched tenets of common human wisdom, I find that my thoughts are not always limited to the more traditional topics of … Continue reading
Dysrationalia: “I don’t know any moochers”
In response to a recent article of mine entitled Entitlement Is Unnatural, a friend of a friend on Facebook decided to take exception there. Not knowing much about this person’s take on the world, I attempted to patiently walk her … Continue reading
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Unworthy of Upworthy?
It appears that I might just be unworthy of the website, Upworthy.com. Having never heard of it before, my interest was piqued when I read this description on a friend’s Facebook post:
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“Not Yours to Give” by David Crocket
NOTE: The following piece is in the public domain, so I host it here without hesitation as one of the most poignant and powerful witnesses against the injustice of providing charity (whether personal or corporate) from the public treasury. WARNING: … Continue reading
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Advantages of the Paleo Diet
Our family has been working on switching to the Paleo diet this past year. We’ve had our struggles doing it—issues such as travel and living far from suitable markets, as well as more embarrassing items such as the occasional lack … Continue reading
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New Definition of “Liberalism”
I don’t normally like to get into discussions about “conservatism” or “liberalism” because not only do I find those words troublingly undefined, but I find those who use them to be far too cavalier for my taste—bantering about without really … Continue reading
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Where Have All the Inventors Gone?
NOTE: The following thoughts were posted in response to someone at DailyPaul.com asking the question posed by the title of this page. To your question, where have all the inventors gone?, I have no statistics to offer, and I have … Continue reading
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Entitlement is Unnatural
If we were to observe nature at work, and if we were willing to anthropomorphize the cosmos, as if it had human qualities, what might we say that the cosmos “owes” to new humans who are born into it? For … Continue reading
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On the Quarrelling in the Ron Paul / Liberty Movement
What follows is an essay I posted in response to a participant’s complaint at DailyPaul.com. The complaint was about quarreling amongst Liberty Movement people.
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