I've just visited the site of the worst nuclear accident in history: the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The accident cost the lives of hundreds of first responders, shortened the lives of many thousands or

Hello everyone! I've decided to start my journey in Kiev. It's a beautiful city, full of amazing history, delicious food, and wonderful friendly people. It's very safe (especially compared to large cities

Today was a record breaking heat wave in Southern California. In the triple digit heat, what did I decide to do? I lit up a coal fire and decided to smelt some iron. What I have here is a pit full of burning

This is the third "introduce yourself" post I've made here. It turns out that I'm pretty terrible at running a blog, but I'm gonna give it another go. I'm Cato the Elder: voluntaryist, anarchist,

Britain, the birth place of classical liberalism, industrialization, and arguably the progenitor of the modern world, has completely gone off the rails. Legal protections for Free Speech are essentially

Hello everyone! My blog on Steemit has sadly been fairly neglected as of late, but now that summer's arrived I can finally put more of my energy towards it. In addition to posting here I’ve also joined

People often ask me why I'm so interested in cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is important because it allows people to conduct large scale commerce over the internet with much less risk of state interference.

It seems like Bitcoin is reaching new highs daily. But is all of this growth sustainable? The short answer is maybe. It all comes down to whether the price is being driven up by speculation or by real

Any of you who grew up with state schooling in America will remember the Anti-Drug propaganda. "Pot cookies could lead to date rape". K2 makes the block appear "to be a street of zombies". "Cocaine Negro

Hello Folks! I'm Cato the Elder, your friendly neighborhood Anarcho-capitalist. Currently I am based out of Southern California, which means that my tax situation is fucked. But that’s beside the point.