Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. – Mark Twain As a father of two young children, my thoughts have increasingly started to center around their young lives and the future world they’ll inhabit. Such considerations quickly lead to stressful questions such as, what are the best schools in the area? Which option can provide … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links CNN Error Extends Run of Journalistic Mishaps (This is why I ignore everything from corporate media on Trump/Russia, Politico) The Cool Kid’s Philosopher (Great expose on the grotesque nature of Ben Shapiro, Current Affairs) No, … Read more
In the first two installments of this series, I discussed the potential for the U.S. federal government to make some spectacularly foolish moves against its own people in the realms of cannabis and Bitcoin. My basic assumption is that government tends to despise freedom, and that “leaders” of an empire in decline like the U.S. … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links A Growing Number of Young Americans are Leaving Desk Jobs to Farm (Very encouraging, The Washington Post) The Coast Guard’s ‘Floating Guantánamos’ (Crazy article and very sad, The New York Times Magazine) Censorship Comes to … Read more
I heartily accept the motto, “That government is best which governs least”; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe — “That government is best which governs not at all”; and when men are prepared for it, that … Read more
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. … Most of us are about as eager to change as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. – James Baldwin 2017 has been a really strange year for … Read more
“The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles.” — Oren Harari If you only read my stuff sporadically, you might be surprised to hear that I’m actually quite optimistic about the future. The main reason I compose articles highlighting all the frauds, corruption and absence of ethics within our current paradigm isn’t … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links Is Silicon Valley Building the Infrastructure for a Police State? (YouTube) People for Sale in Libya: Where Lives Are Auctioned for $400 (This is devastating, CNN) FCC Relaxes Media Ownership Rules in Contentious Vote (Just … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit our Support Page. Top Links The War On Terror Has Cost $250 Million A Day For 16 Years (We sure showed the terrorists who’s boss, International Business Times) Home Office Plan to Give Jihadis Council Houses and Support Part of … Read more
Pluto takes 248 years to orbit the sun. The most recent, and perhaps most important, network challenge to hierarchy comes with the advent of virtual currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin. Since ancient times, states have reaped considerable benefits from monopolizing or at least regulating the money created within their borders. It remains to be … Read more