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Putting aside the question of whether god is a logically valid concept, there are a handful of reasons that no person should consider oneself a Christian even if the Biblical god plainly revealed himself to exist. The simple fact is that his moral failings would be so rampant that no person should grant him praise [...]
I was reading Rep. Ron Paul’s plan to restore his interpretation of constitutional law to the nation had he been elected president in 2008. He wants to massively curtail the federal bureaucracy, reduce or eliminate several cabinet departments, not just agencies, and slash spending on foreign interventions.
It is all a great start, in [...]
The phrase “tilting at windmills” is often meant as a swipe at someone who incorrectly perceives a non-existent or idealized enemy and pursues a course of action based on that misunderstanding. The phrase was inspired by the the character Don Quixote, who battles make-believe giants taking the form of windmills dotting the countryside [...]
Super activist John Bush, of Austin’s Texans for Accountable Government, posted a commentary on the prevailing notion that liberty could be achieved by seizing control of the Republican Party. I have less care for electoral politics than might Bush, but I think his critique is well founded and should be heeded by those [...]
Recently, there was a comment from a reader that I included as an update to the post “Questions for Minarchists.” I had a few posts in mind that I wanted to complete first, so I am just now getting around to replying with the thoughtful response it deserves. For convenience’s sake, I broke up [...]
About four weeks ago, I sent a brief letter to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) about the taxing power of the federal government. I wrote:
My question for the senator is about the power to tax.
I understand that no one has the right as an individual to use force or the threat of force [...]
A paraphrase of some questions about the essay “The Moral Case Against a Republic” and my responses are posted below.
Are compulsory participation and taxation inherent components of a republic?
They are not. A republic, by definition, does not have to include forceful compulsion or taxation. I should have made that point clearer when [...]
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The Government-vs.-Business Canard
The prevailing left-liberal position, as articulated by figures like Naomi Klein, is that big government is needed to hold big business in check, if not break it entirely. The argument primarily against reducing government power, as I understand it, is that autocratic big business would replace whatever reduction in government power were achieved. A [...]