Theft of a small amount of money from someone is a crime. Taking the money of millions of people, and you have saved the economy. Why is it that the men who wrecked our economy are walking the streets, while men who damage far less in society go to jail for years? Here is a…
DetailsToTheSource provides insights into secularism’s inherent bias that I would never have derived if left to my own: Imagine that Persons A through Z are asked to play a big game in a large field. The only rule of the big game is that there are no rules. Anyone can play whatever little game he…
Details[Note: LOTS of video time here. I won’t post tomorrow other than Sunday Song to give you a chance to get through it all…] A law pending in the federal legislature threatens to destroy the internet as we know it, for its overbreadth in seeking to prevent copyright infringement. You know that “Great Firewall of…
DetailsEquality under the law is a hard topic to put into words. Even your lecture of the week doesn’t make it entirely clear, but it is a good start…
A theme has stretched itself across some of my usual hangouts. Fascism. Of course, it brings to mind Nazism, and that is why we automatically reject it. But there are better reasons, when the issues are laid bare. Here is the scoop, from a few different angles, and in order of best to not-as-best-but-still-great… America’s…
DetailsThe judiciary exists to ensure that legislation is in accordance with higher standards of law and the Constitution. However, as noted in a study recently and highlighted on Reason.com, even though legislation has become a business of wholesale, “pass the bill so you can see what’s in it” overreaching, the courts are an all-around failure…
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