Category: Life
The Credit Boom
August 23rd, 2006Via the Mises blog, Robert J. Samuelson's article, Unwinding the Credit Boom, speaks to the expansion of credit over the past 60 years (emphasis mine):
We are at the end of the credit boom -- certainly the six-year boom and maybe the 60-year boom . .… more »
Home "Ownership" from 1945 to 2005
August 22nd, 2006This graph represents the Household Home Mortgage (Debt) data divided by the Household Real Estate (Asset) data as published in the Federal Reserve's B.100 schedules. The greater this proportion, the less equity Americans have in their homes.
The… more »
The American Home, The American Liability
August 21st, 2006Inspired by research by Tim Iacono, I delved into data produced and published by our dear, damnable Federal Reserve. In particular, I wanted to look at the B.100 data on Household assets and Liabilities from 1975 to 2005. I must also give some inspirat… more »
The Automatic Regulator: Natural Coercion and Freedom
August 16th, 2006In my article on Natural Coercion and the Choice to Live, I describe the natural, inherent coercion of life:
There is no de facto right to life in excess of the right to protect and the ability to sustain.
Though life is freely given it is not fre… more »
Man the Creator
August 15th, 2006I have come to understand the essential characteristic of man to be that of a creator: human beings create value.
The farmer creates food; the manufacturer creates product; and the professional creates information. In step with that which we crea… more »
So Much Space Out West
August 8th, 2006The trip out west was great. I haven't seen so much sky in quite awhile, and while at the Grand Canyon, we had one clear night where I could make out the Milky Way (Only the third time I've been able to see it). Nature never ceases to amaze - whether i… more »
Natural Coercion and the Choice to Live
July 25th, 2006The Declaration of Independence states:We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.Many,… more »
Go Jobless
July 24th, 2006I stumbled across an article written by Steve Pavlina titled, 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job. The article talks about the problems of being an employee as well as the merits of being self-employed. Here is a clip:Getting a job is like enrolling… more »
How to Institutionalize Your Fellow Man
July 17th, 2006Take control. Take control. Take control. Take control by force, as necessary. Otherwise, volunteer to take on the responsibilities of others: the more necessary the responsibility, the more important it is to take control of it.
If force can be u… more »
Blame Homosexuality on Biology
June 27th, 2006From an article on BBC News titled, Womb environment 'makes men gay':Previous research had revealed the more older brothers a boy has, the more likely he is to be gay, but the reason for this phenomenon was unknown.
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He suggests the effect is prob… more »
Meaningful Love
June 23rd, 2006I have previously defined meaningful statements: they are assertions that are either true by definition, known as tautologies, or they derive their meaning by way of testability. “A triangle has three sides” is a tautology. “I can fly” is a statement t… more »
Space: The Final Frontier
June 19th, 2006If you have never read it, I recommend picking up a copy of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time. It's one of those books that expands your view of reality. It is both an escape into the universe and a reminder of our minor place therein.
Thoug… more »
Why I Still Watch Tom Cruise
May 30th, 2006I saw Mission: Impossible III ("M:i:3") this past weekend. It was an enjoyable, thrilling flick - better by far than Mission: Impossible - 2: Tom got rid of his long locks and there are no Face/Off John Woo-isms as M:i:3 was directed by J.J. Abrams of T… more »
Understanding Traffic
May 24th, 2006Traffic fascinates (And often infuriates) me. Why does traffic flow a certain way in traffic jams? What is the real cost of an accident on a major highway? Traffic is fairly unregulated on the highway: it is an anarchy of sorts. How do we deal with t… more »
The Question: Why?
May 9th, 2006Rich Nikoley over on Uncommon Sense wonders why people think the way they do.I concluded that it was because, like I, they were taught from the moment of birth to submit to some authority or the other at all times and without question. Of course, that's… more »
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