Culture of Corruption, Indeed
Obama’s, that is:
The Case Against Democracy
Stephen Molyneux has your lecture of the week this week, explaining why political democracy is generally a very bad thing. This might be one of his best rants ever:
A Tribute to Meaningless Words
I am not one of the proud sophisticated types that will critique your language in a conversation or while you are trying to express an idea, because we all know how unspecific and bumbling I can be when I am trying to convey an idea. All of us should be humble enough to stay away…
DetailsContra Soldiering
“How can you kill people, when it is written in God’s commandment: ‘Thou shalt not kill’?” I have often inquired of different soldiers. And I always drove them to embarrassment and confusion by reminding them of what they did not want to think about. They knew they were bound by the law of God, “Thou…
DetailsThe Passionate [Evil] Rhetoritician
If you have never seen it before, you can today. Adolf Hitler’s style and rhetoric are a topic that should be studied and taught in every school – not so that we might mimic it, of course, but to understand what the difference is between compelling words and truth value, politics and reality. With that,…
DetailsThe Land of the Setting Sun
David Stockman’s recent column is hitting every corner of the internets lately: Sundown in America. I would urge everyone to read it, but be wary of these three problems with it: Stockman calls us to raising taxes, where a better solution (since raising taxes is not a solution, as revenues will never get us close…
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