“The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. The society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both.” — Milton Friedman
Mount Rushmore Fireworks Need Not be Stopped For Covid
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally last summer was a lot bigger and it seems Covid was still not much of threat. Covid was likely more potent...
Preference Cascade and the Wearing of Masks
Featured image is of the Flying Scotsman, 1862-1924, service from Edinburgh to London. They don’t make trains this gorgeous anymore. False facts are highly injurious...
On the Daunte Wright Matter
Daunte Wright was stopped by police, but it was not a traffic stop (at least not just a traffic stop), it was a felony stop....
We Do Not Control Climate — Climate Controls Us
There was time on this earth when the title for this post would have been considered trivial pettifoggery. Now, in some circles, it will be...
Wyoming Range War — 1892
Wyoming Range War – 1892. The infamous invasion of Johnson County. At 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 5, 1892, fifty-two men, together with their horses...
Is there an afterlife? (an updated version)
No says Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist: “Belief in an afterlife is a malignant delusion, since it devalues actual lives and discourages action that would...
The Two Fundamental Pillars of Socialism
The two fundamental pillars of socialism are elimination of private property and equalization of wealth. Democrats are having a love affair with the prospect of...
Biden Loses The Washington Post on His Infrastructure Bill
When you lose the Washington Post and you’re a liberal politician you’ve really screwed up. That’s just what Joe Biden has done with his monstrous...
Why You Can’t Argue With A Leftist
People who desire the same results but differ on how to get there can argue with each other. People who want different results can’t engage...
The Truth About Assault Weapons & High Capacity Magazines
The gun-ban lobby understands that the confusion over what is and what is not an “assault weapon” only benefits them. The term was invented by...
Let’s Go To Mars!
Oh, wait. Houston, we have problem. How will we stay alive on Mars, a planet that has not one thing we need to stay alive....