Category: Life
Re: Dreher's Child-men; Authority is the Anti-man
February 7th, 2008Below is from an email exchange I had regarding an opinion piece by Rod Dreher titled What child-men need is some tradition. You can read it in its entirety here though the main points have all been included below. Rod Dreher's "Crunchy Con" blog is he… more »
The Culture of Irresponsibility
December 21st, 2006During the month of December, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, coworkers in my small corproate office could sign up to bring in breakfast foods. Like vultures, my colleagues would descend on the food and devour it. It's a gruesome spectacle - one in which I'… more »
The Christmas Gifts that Keep on Giving
December 19th, 2006If you're struggling to find an X-mas gift to give your friends and relatives, I've got an idea for you: silver or gold coins.
Sure, you can't put them in your DVD player, play them or eat them, but they're awful shiny, not to mention that they are fu… more »
John Taylor Gatto
November 29th, 2006John Taylor Gatto taught English in New York City schools for 30 years. During that time, he learned how absolutely busted the public education system is in the United States. Upon his retirement, he wrote a seditious book titled, The Underground Histo… more »
Ambling Thoughts on Election Day
November 7th, 2006Facing the the force of the farce that is our democracy, I find myself pondering life as an Expatriate: is getting out of the United States a viable method to secure more freedom, both civil and fiscal? Or are there other ways to circumvent the state wh… more »
Virtual Economies
October 18th, 2006I'm a bit behind the times: I only recently heard of Second Life (SL), a growing virtual world created to mimic the metaverse idea written by Neal Stephenson in his book, Snow Crash (Note that Snow Crash was written in 1992).
In this virtual world, y… more »
The Gaming Addiction
October 18th, 2006I am confident that many readers (Many bloggers) have succumbed to the siren song of video and computer games. Gaming is entertaining and challenging. It's a great distraction, justifiably better than just watching TV because you're actually doing some… more »
"It doesn't feel like real money"
October 9th, 2006An article from the UK's The Independent titled, Britain becomes 'never, never land' as personal debt runs out of control, included the following anecdote by Alice Douglas. One can't help but imagine any number of Americans telling the same story about… more »
The Problem of Public Schools
October 3rd, 2006Public schools are destined for mediocrity simply by existing as institutional extensions of the state. The abominable marriage of education and government fails because it disconnects cost and benefit, thereby severing learning from the powerful forces… more »
Bush Asks, "Are We Safer?" An Answer via Examination of the Homeland Security Advisory System
September 12th, 2006In light of the five year anniversary of September 11th, many are asking the question, "Are we safer?" President Bush gave a speech on that subject in Atlanta this past Thursday, September 7, 2006. He said:
Many Americans look at these events and a… more »
The Extent of Nothingness
September 8th, 2006Extrapolating the size of the earth relative to other planets, our sun and other stars leaves us flummoxed.
But should we go the other direction, we'd soon realize we are composed of nothing but so much empty space:
A hydrogen atom is only about a… more »
Kinsella on Self-Ownership
September 7th, 2006Stephan Kinsella makes an exhaustively comprehensive case for self-ownership, which is the fundamental prerequisite of all human freedom.
I recommend reading Kinsella's piece in its entirety, but below I summarize what I found to be his key argument… more »
Steve Irwin, Croc Hunter, Rest In Peace
September 5th, 2006If you've checked the news recently, you know that Steve Irwin, the 'Crocodile Hunter', was killed this past weekend after being stabbed by a stingray while filming in Australia.
Though not a regular watcher of Irwin's shows, I watched enough to feel… more »
Deep Fried Day
September 1st, 2006Who said I was going to do this every week? It's hard to assimilate so many links! That said, here are a few random bits of news for your viewing (dis)pleasure.
The Good:
From FreethePlant.com comes a story titled, Top 10 Pot Studies Government Wis… more »
Traffic Lights and Civil Disobedience
August 25th, 2006On a daily basis, we allow ourselves to be institutionalized by social and government law.
Drivers wait for an automated, mindless machine to flash green: how often is the intersection they wait to cross utterly empty with no cars in sight? Why don… more »
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