by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 2, 2017 | Culture, Politics
Comic book fans will recognize the quote “with great power comes great responsibility” from the Spider-man comics (and movies). This statement, (apocryphally) uttered by Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben, who was later murdered by a criminal that Parker (as a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 31, 2017 | Culture, Politics
In appalling but typical “never let a crisis go to waste” style, big government advocates and apologists aren’t even waiting for the Hurricane Harvey floodwaters in Houston to subside before attacking conservatives’ and libertarians’...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 14, 2017 | Politics
Julie Borowski, a libertarian blogger, recently asked “Can the commies and Nazis just destroy each other?” This question, which if actualized would make for a much better world, suggests (at least to us nerdy types) a matter-antimatter annihilation. Yes,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 13, 2017 | Economics, Politics
Bellum Se Ipsum Alet – War Feeds Itself As has been a theme in these pages: when problems are solved politically, political power becomes entrenched and unadaptive; the problem then exists outside a rational feedback loop, and costs and benefit calculations are...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 10, 2017 | Opinion
Consider the notion that shutting down someone else’s words with violence or the threat thereof is acceptable behavior. As in “if you speak, I/we will assault you or riot, and either you or people you care about may be harmed.” This idea goes well...
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