A reflection, one of which I will be posting each Sunday of Lent: The flesh humiliates us. That is perhaps the means by which it can serve us the best. But it should not rouse despair in us. There is in us a purity of desire which is seen by the One who measures better…
DetailsLastly for today, Bob Higgs argues in the spirit of Lysander Spooner, one of my favorite political philosophers, that the government makes a mockery of the agent/principal relationship it so claims to represent: The philosophical and legal foundation of the U.S. government (and some other governments) is that government officials are the agents of the…
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That NSA overreach still does not drive us to revolt amazes me. What other rights destruction will we tolerate in our comfortable bubbles of apathy? The practicality of what the NSA is doing is probably what is most difficult to envision for those of us who don’t have access to a fusion center. Luckily, the…
DetailsBefore selling his free market principles to Mammon and Power, the Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was a big supporter of individual rights and personal property. Today I post one of his writings about antitrust law that is surprisingly lucid considering his later years. Enjoy: The world of antitrust is reminiscent of Alice’s Wonderland: everything…
DetailsDeterminism is a self-defeating philosophy, because if a person does not choose beliefs and is programmed to believe a certain thing, he or she is incapable of truly believing anything. In truth, the value of the belief is chosen for already. Even so, some people still support the idea – notably famous psychologists. Unfortunately, they…
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