"Do what I say and you won't get hurt." In rare cases, this is what an armed good guy says to a villain who has been caught in the act. However, it's more often the threat a person engaged in

The number of people who agree with you has no bearing on whether you are right or wrong. It might be correlated in some cases, but probably not very often. You've got to go deeper than numbers. This is

If there's one trait which characterizes me, it's that I modify things. I can't help it. If I see something that I believe could be better, and modifying it to make it better seems to be within my abilities,

If I decide to order a pizza, choose the toppings and crust style I want, and go through all the motions of ordering it and paying for it-- but for some reason, the pizza place never gets my order, did

A couple of nights ago, an odd confluence of things made me consider my statist family members. I'm currently watching The Man in the High Castle after I accidentally subscribed to Amazon Prime for a month,

One last post for the year 2019... Happy New Year! And, for everyone who isn't hung up on the fact that there wasn't a Year 0, Happy New Decade! Yeah, I realize that since there wasn't a Year 0, technically

(My Eastern New Mexico News column from November 27, 2019- posted in its entirety now that the paper's exclusivity has expired) How can Thanksgiving Day be here again? Has it really been a year? Yes, it

Right-Statists are big on condemning "depravity", which they see all around them... but never in the mirror. Strange... What is depraved? Really, only archation is truly depraved. If you imagine

Collective condemnation based on trivial things which weren't chosen and can't make a difference to whether you violate others-- "race", sex, age, IQ, etc.-- is dumb. As is collective coddling

Photo by Ryan Jacobson on Unsplash I am a big fan of education. Maybe that's why I am not very optimistic. First, you've got kinderprisons doing all they can to indoctrinate children into the statist religion

(My Eastern New Mexico News column from November 20, 2019- posted in its entirety now that the paper's exclusivity has expired) Are you concerned over how divisive politics has become? Do you notice the

I like bad colds more than I like nausea. I like Boba Fett more than I like the Emperor. I like bone-chilling cold more than I like humid heat. I like the broken rib I have now more than I liked the kidney

Ewww! What's that smell? Ah. I see now... Scott Adams has stepped in it again and is tracking it all over the place unaware. It would only be polite to let him know. Right? Years ago I pointed out that

I was treated to a movie Friday night. We saw "Star Wars-- The Rise of Skywalker". There's a minor spoiler ahead, so if you don't want to read it, run away now. The quotes are paraphrased since

Back in college, I took a required course in "U.S. government". I took a lot of required stuff I didn't want to take and had no interest in. One day we had a special guest speaker; some minor

Wanna hear a really dumb opinion? Sure you do. Maybe that's even why you visit here. But this opinion isn't mine-- I copied it from another blog's comment section. It's as dumb as the opinion that

(My Eastern New Mexico News column from November 13, 2019- posted in its entirety now that the paper's exclusivity has expired) A common criticism of libertarians is that we are wrapped up in principles;

This may (I hope) be the wrap-up to the recent posts on anti-gun bigots, right-of-way, and all that mess. As I said in a previous post, I see a big distinction between private property which is "by

"It's a clear and present danger, I think, to our democracy..." says one political bully about Trump-- another political bully. Sigh... If only that were true. And, it's their democracy, not

Well, a state shouldn't have anything, but I had something specific in mind. One sure sign someone is economically ignorant is when they start talking about "national economic policy" as if it's