“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.”

At least the Euzis are honest

Evil bastards and loonies they may well be, but in their own minds, at least, they mean well:  A campaign for the European Union to become a “United States of Europe” will be the “best weapon against the Eurosceptics”, one of...

Release ALL the datas!

Apparently intelligence officials in the Department of Defense (can someone please explain to me how a “Department of Defense” is supposed to win a war?) are absolutely crapping their pants in sheer terror at the amount of information that goddamn...

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...

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...

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...

Truly Effective Government

Courtesy of Ron Swanson: There is much, much more where that came from: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp...

Of Wolves and Rabbits

The Elusive Wapiti has an interesting article up in which he references a recent study that argues that, basically, Western society has gotten significantly stupider over time to draw some interesting conclusions: Certainly their theory has superficial merit, for it...

On Striking Women

Vox’s recent post, included in my linkage for the week, regarding the rather thorny question of whether it is permissible to strike women who attack you, makes for some thought-provoking reading: First of all, there is nothing more intrinsically wrong about...

Security in a Libertarian Society

I’ve been meaning to publish this one for months now but have literally never bothered to sit down and hammer it out properly. Well, given that this weekend is all about setting aside some time to do things that must be done, here goes. The Libertarian...