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Sunday, November 18, 2018

Badge doesn't grant extra rights

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for October 17, 2018 ) A badge doesn't grant extra rights. When the law acts as though it doe...
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Politics = lies

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I dislike dishonesty, particularly when it is used to harm people who aren't doing anything to deserve the harm. This is why I disli...
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Friday, November 16, 2018

Winning isn't permitted under their rules

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You have probably noticed this, but in case you haven't: you can't win . No matter what you talk about someone will say you ar...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018

Wilson, the stubborn

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I had a friend-- I'll call him "Wilson"-- who was... interesting . He was a bit of a conspiracy nut, more than a little ...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

The enemy of liberty

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This local town government is anti-liberty, as has been whatever government any town I've ever lived in or near suffered under. Th...
Monday, November 12, 2018

Coercive "solutions" make problems worse

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Just because there's a problem, that doesn't make it OK to violate people because of the problem . Poverty exists. It's no...
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Sunday, November 11, 2018

Government should be a servant

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for October 10, 2018 ) When most people use the word "government" they are talking abou...
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Theft makes "society" happy

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Is it good to take your property from you if doing so makes me feel good, and makes the person I give it to feel good? What if almost ...
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Saturday, November 10, 2018

The UN's Universal Declaration of Human "Rights"

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Some people, particularly in other parts of the world, praise the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights  and seem to think it...
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Friday, November 09, 2018

The "right to vote"

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Is there any such thing as "the right to v*te"? Can there be any such thing? Or is it just a figment of the imagination? In...
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Thursday, November 08, 2018

"Liberty" doesn't mean "with permission"

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I've once again encountered one of those people who likes to believe that the word "liberty" means something along the lin...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2018

The trap of niceness

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Many libertarians try to err on the side of niceness. I think that's praiseworthy. It's nice to be nice. But, what worries me...
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Monday, November 05, 2018

Racist "libertarian" nationalists

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A Facebook group I was recently added to, with "libertarian" in the name, seems to mostly be a hangout for "white suprema...
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Sunday, November 04, 2018

End government; improve health

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for October 3, 2018 ) Have you seen there are people who are blaming their health problems on the...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-- poster-child for crazy

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If you ever a need a poster-child for " sanpaku ", now you have the perfect example. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I knew ther...
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Saturday, November 03, 2018

There's no place like home

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This is the wrap-up from the questions brought up here , here , here , and here (among other places). The popular conviction that I am ...
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Friday, November 02, 2018

A rickety pedestal

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How did some property rights-- specifically, real estate rights-- end up on a pedestal; elevated above all other rights, including other ...
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Thursday, November 01, 2018

You don't have the right to violate others

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You have the right to own and carry a weapon , which only means no one has the right to forbid you from doing so. If they did have this ...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

What is this official-ish envelope? UPDATED

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Guess who got a jury summons (on October 9th). Me. Yeah, I know that even if they don't extort a plea deal, and the case actuall...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

skule vs Education

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For a sizeable percentage of people, school doesn't "work". Not if you expect it to result in education, anyway. I'v...
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