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Friday, June 14, 2019

Librarian-- Not a fan...

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Overheard by someone else and related to me (probably not verbatim) during a trip to the library: Library patron: " Who is that g...
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Thursday, June 13, 2019

What do you hate more than you love liberty?

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For someone who hates " illegal [ sic ] immigrants " more than they love liberty, statist "border enforcement" can w...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Little pick-me-ups

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The above screenshot is from September 2014, but it still helps inspire me. Sometimes promoting liberty in the face of naysayers gets t...
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Monday, June 10, 2019

Androids' Rights?

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I ran across an interesting question on Quora: When we do start making humanoid androids, should they be afforded civil rights? I answ...
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Sunday, June 09, 2019

We still haven't learned Voltaire's lesson

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for May 8, 2019 ) It's fascinating how easily people accept something they would otherwise kn...

Whatever works?

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I'm always told that statism works, so I need to just go with it. Yeah? I have no doubt that statism "works". In the ...
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Saturday, June 08, 2019

Erich Fromm on "the authoritarian character"

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While reading a couple of days ago, I ran into a passage that resonated with me and seemed very timely: Not only the forces that deter...
Friday, June 07, 2019

Emotional reactions

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Yes, I agree that child molestation is a terrible thing. However, I don't believe it is worse than murder or other rapes. I don...
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Thursday, June 06, 2019

Accept everyone you can

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I try to be accepting of everyone. This doesn't mean I'm accepting of everything everyone  does . Not every behavior is OK. Th...
Tuesday, June 04, 2019

Organize against organized threats

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If you face an organized threat you probably need to organize (in some way) against it. The state isn't a real solution. You can...
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Monday, June 03, 2019

Don't advocate against property rights

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Libertarians who support the Big Government "border security" welfare program don't understand property rights. Property r...
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Sunday, June 02, 2019

No one should control others' choices

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for May 1, 2019 ) I'm sure there will be a final answer on the racetrack/casino any month now...

"For medicinal purposes only"

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Libertarians who support Big Government " Border Security" remind me of the Nigerian scammers who start their emails saying ...
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Saturday, June 01, 2019

Statist "logic" #3

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Referring back to the statist who brought up the "secure the border" "solution " to the programmable bullet killer d...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Statist "logic" #2

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Going back to the programmable bullet killer drone issue , this particular statist claimed that only virtually unlimited government pow...
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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Statist "logic"

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Bzzzzzzzzz!!! One of the dangers of the near future may be tiny, insect-sized drones-- much smaller than the " slaughterbots ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

"Otherworldly debris with strange properties"

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Mylar confetti litter in my yard It's not a popular thing to criticize the "public" [ sic ] schools. No matter what they...
Monday, May 27, 2019

"Service"

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Just, please... DON'T! - Writing is my job. YOU  get to decide if I get paid .
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Laws are creating immigration issue

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for April 24, 2019 ) Imagine you have an antique car in your backyard behind a privacy fence. A n...

Scott Adams defends socialism

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On a recent podcast, I noticed a bit of pro-socialism dishonesty from Scott Adams . I wasn't really surprised, because he is a gover...
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