“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

How economies die

A recent article over at Mises.org jogged my memory about the way in which an economy commits suicide: Imagine that Cuba and North Korea became, overnight, the two most free-market, limited-government countries in the world. The two countries would have immediately...

Domain Query: Democracy, monarchy, and oligarchy

My opposite number from back home had some interesting things to say regarding my comments on Blackdragon’s unusual lapse of reason: And now you realise why the very idea of Lockean rights is so damaging. Regardless of how vile, damaging or stupid it is, people...

A completely predictable fiasco

That’s what Obamacare has been so far: Health insurance companies have already notified at least 3.5 million Americans that their plans are being cancelled as a result of Obamacare.  That number, reported Monday by the Associated Press, is the latest data...

“Sustainable” immigration

Yeah, right. “Sustainable”, my tightly sculpted @$$… Singapore has invested heavily in public housing, transport infrastructure and training its citizen workforce to raise manpower productivity in recent years. These efforts are complemented by...

A rare and unusual mistake

Blackdragon’s blog is one of the best sources of advice out there for introverted guys like me about dating, money, investing, and a number of other things. I’m also a fan of his books- if you’re looking to develop your online game, his ebooks are...

Defining Curie-Hultgreen Syndrome

Given that we are apparently only months away from seeing the first ever female Chairman/woman/person (who really gives a toss about the politically correct nomenclature when it comes to the creature from Jekyll Island?) of the Federal bloody Reserve, I think...

Why Women Should NEVER Fight in the Front Lines

Well first and foremost because it’s still a colossally stupid idea: One staff sergeant worried that the Marine Corps’ high standards would have to be lowered if women were assigned to combat. Other Marines in the group agreed, warning that women would not be...

Seven Years in America

[I suppose I should have written this about a month ago so that I would get the timing right, but as I’ve noted before, I’m kind of a lazy bastard. I like my couch and I like my afternoon naps on weekends, dammit…] August 22nd, 2006. A young man...

Garbage In, Garbage Out

“But honestly, Miss, the computer model told me to say it!!!”: The Mail on Sunday has obtained the final draft of a report to be published later this month by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the ultimate watchdog whose massive,...