Articles that the author feels are of exceptional quality and that deserve special mention.
Recently I authored a piece on the Higgs Boson discovery, in which I pointed out that the physicists in question haven’t proven anything yet. I compared the standard model of physics to a religious doctrine and its adherents to crazed zealots. This earned me a prime-time spot on the Reddit drama discussion board,...
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First I want to make a distinction between belief and faith. Belief does not require or equate to faith. One can “believe” that the day sky is blue, but such a belief can be subjected to a test. Since one can prove through various means that the color of the day sky meets the...
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For those of you who don’t know much about jury nullification, basically it’s when the jury finds a defendant innocent because of their dislike of the law. For example, a jury might refuse to convict a non-violent drug offender because they disagree with the fundamental premise of drug laws themselves. Throughout the United States, judges...
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The financial blog Zero Hedge recently ran a piece on robotic automation that seemed rather out of place among their typically pro-free market articles. The article essentially concludes that: “…global structural unemployment…will only get worse as increasing automation leaves more and more millions collecting their 99 weeks of extended unemployment benefits.” The article cites Hugo...
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This one is so bad, you will not believe it. Mr. Leone, the victim in question, has bipolar disorder, and became confused when a police cruiser tried to pull him over for no reason. In his mind, he hadn’t done anything wrong, so he thought the police were going to some other emergency. Again,...
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The teachings encompass: The meaning and nature of consciousness. Finding your life’s purpose. Finding and maintaining happiness. Dealing with pain, suffering, and loss. The nature of Dao (the way) and its power. and many more. For those of you who are unfamiliar with his work, his teachings are an eclectic mix of Christianity, Buddhism,...
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I always though Reason Magazine was decent enough on economic issues until I read this latest article by Steve Chapman, which attempts to make the case for more money printing by the Fed. Steve Chapman writes for Reason: By now, it should be obvious that the problem is not that the Fed has injected too much money...
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I was going to write a nice piece on the situation in Greece, talking about why nothing that the Greek state is planning to do will solve any of their problems, but I’ve come to conclude that it’s not even worth commenting on. People who enjoy reading my articles already know that the “growth”...
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Ahhh, the glories of the internets. Through the power of technology, I was able to take a tour of Rome just now using Google Maps with Street View, while sitting in front of my computer half naked. What a shit hole. Seriously, the tour made me want to kill myself. By American standards,...
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There once was a grizzled old man named Irwin who owned an insurance brokerage business. Irwin was a good businessman that people trusted to insure their possessions. Because Irwin was so good at serving his customers, he ended up making a lot of money. As Irwin set about growing his business and reinvesting his profits,...
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