Government
Socialism and the Law of the Jungle
When you step onto the soil of backcountry Alaska, you lose your place at the top of the food chain. And you’d better be aware of that because the grizzly bear really likes his position at the top. But then, that’s his “natural” right,...
A Strategy to Preserve Liberty: Serve on a Jury
I have often heard friends and acquaintances complain when they are called to jury duty. It is easy to understand the common gripes made in response to this mandate. As a result of the obligation, people are often displaced from their jobs and other pursuits, often...
The Tougher Path to Freedom: Non-Violence
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. – Gandhi I’m conflicted. More than anything, I simply want to live free. When others build walls against freedom, we must tear them down. But how do we go about doing that? How do we stop...
The Shutdown and the Rollout
Here is a quick pop quiz. Which presented more harm to human life and personal freedom: the four-week partial shutdown of the federal government last month or the rollout of Obamacare this month? Obamacare is the greatest single expansion of federal regulatory...