One often encounters in the study of psychology the claim that human actions are the product of two (and only two) competing forces: nature and nurture. On the one hand, proponents of the na… Read More
A friend recently asked me whether it is possible to be ‘too rational.’ The following is a portion of my response:Here's my first concern about the question: what could possibly… Read More
A common libertarian attack on conservative foreign policy in North America consists of opposition to our government’s authority to impose economic sanctions on foreign states. Any res… Read More
A common libertarian attack on conservative foreign policy in North America consists of opposition to our government’s authority to impose economic sanctions on foreign states. Any res… Read More
Beginning in 2010, Dalton McGuinty's government is instituting a new tax system in Ontario which involves expanding the Provincial Sales Tax to encompass thousands of new goods and services… Read More
The country that once elected leaders whose ideas upheld liberty now elects leaders whose sweet-sounding platitudes and woozy promises are all that is required, and whose actual, dangerous i… Read More
"These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. We suffer from the longest and one of the worst sustained inflations in our national history. It distort… Read More
... And British academics are boycotting Israel?This has been a good week for the Islamic Republic of Britain. Making all the right decisions there, boys.H/t Darcey Read More
Sorry for the brief period of radio silence there. Yesterday was a day spent in transit and today I'm settling in. Posting will pick up again tomorrow.Until then, amuse yourselves with thoug… Read More
In accordance with the CRTC's soon-to-be-mandated quota for Canadian content on the internet, I've been ordered by the government to submit the following song for your delectation in order t… Read More
Mike Brock published an interesting article today in which he endeavoured to draw a link between left-wing government interventionist ideology and religious conservatism. This link, his arti… Read More
The following is a simple and clear explanation of the credit crisis in the shape of a visual guide. Jonathan Jarvis walks you through every step of the problem, from sub-prime mortgages to… Read More
Web-savvy Libertarians in California have launched a nationwide movement to draft a New Haven-born celebrity pundit to take on Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd. Their first big test comes Sa… Read More
(*) Got a busy night of family-related obligations and general relaxation ahead of me so posting will be a bit light.Everybody enjoy their Friday! Read More
"Screwed."Devaluing our money like it's going out of style.Hey, remember when the value of money was objective? Sweet, sweet memories of a gold standard.H/t Unambiguously Ambidextrous Read More
Thank God we're living in the Age of Reason, no?Nigeria:America:These are the absurd and terrible roads down which faith makes us travel. Billions upon billions of human beings on Earth pref… Read More
Um. So the "weekly" part of this post's title is a blatant untruth. As it turns out, I'm going to subject you folks to a link dump every damn time that my Firefox browser gets cluttered up w… Read More
Um. So the "weekly" part of this post's title is a blatant untruth. As it turns out, I'm going to subject you folks to a link dump every damn time that my Firefox browser gets cluttered up w… Read More
Hopey One Kenobi made the long trek from D.C. to Canada's seat of power today but his visit didn't go quite as planned.President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper just started… Read More
A very good performance, I think. I was most impressed by his tactfully implicit threat to Obama about the 'Buy American' clause of their porkulus package - a clause that is gone but definit… Read More
Big Blue Wave:The CRTC is having hearings today on the possibility of forcing internet service providers to provide Canadian content on-line.As far as I'm concerned, this is outrageous.There… Read More
Big Blue Wave:The CRTC is having hearings today on the possibility of forcing internet service providers to provide Canadian content on-line.As far as I'm concerned, this is outrageous.There… Read More
Aims of public education:The editor of this webpage was as confused as he was illiterate.If it doesn't demonstrate the aims of public education, then it certainly demonstrates its results.H/… Read More
An international mathematics research team announced today that they had discovered a new integer that surpasses any previously known value "by a totally mindblowing shitload." Project direc… Read More
An international mathematics research team announced today that they had discovered a new integer that surpasses any previously known value "by a totally mindblowing shitload." Project direc… Read More
It has long been understood that one of the stickiest problems for any invasionary effort or regime change is the transition from control by the occupying power to control by domestic forces… Read More
It has long been understood that one of the stickiest problems for any invasionary effort or regime change is the transition from control by the occupying power to control by domestic forces… Read More