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“Traffic Lights” and the Left’s Destruction of American Mobility

Satire: “Traffic Lights” and the Left’s Destruction of American Mobility

(Satire, people. This is satire. I actually had someone not get that.) If there's one thing I'm opposed to, which I think represents a very wrongheaded tendency in our society,…
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Are You Free?

Ideology in Brief: Are You Free?

You're permanently confined to a bed because someone has shackled you to it with iron chains. Are you free? You're permanently confined to a bed because someone surreptitiously slipped you…
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One Root Of Fractiousness—the Role of Government

Conflict and Division: One Root Of Fractiousness—the Role of Government

Reading an interesting and wide-ranging article on political analyst David Shor (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/democrats-david-shor-education-polarization.html) I came across the following passage: "[Shor] and those who agree with him argue that Democrats need to…
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Against Libertarianism, Almost

Just A Dab’ll Do Ya: Against Libertarianism, Almost

Foreword about "Against Libertarianism", 2023I wrote this, originally a blog post, about 10 years ago. Nowadays I have more to say about this, but for the moment this stands with…
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A step towards understanding (instead of) violence

A step towards understanding (instead of) violence

I’m a big believer in personal responsibility and people being accountable for their actions. That said, there’s only so long you can do something to people that they perceive as…
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The Most Evil Words

I think "fuck 'em" are the most evil two words, the worst thought, in the English language. Maybe they're not terribly evil, said once, by themselves. But no words are.…
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physical risks vs psychological domination

Evolution of a species: physical risks vs psychological domination

It strikes me how far we've come as a species. We've completely minimized the need to constantly be on guard against the endless physical threat of being eaten by a…