Menno Buijs: Rest in Peace
When I spoke with Menno just before the new year, he comforted me more than any words I could offer him. As I had told… Read More »Menno Buijs: Rest in Peace
Non-fiction
Non-fiction, essays on life around me as I’m coming to understand it.
Dennis Voytko: Rest in Peace
Once upon a time, when we were small, Dennis and I met at the end of our driveways. I will tell you that story. For… Read More »Dennis Voytko: Rest in Peace
Why does the US Government tax its US industries when it can apparently just “print” a near infinite amount of money with little or no apparent consequences?
Why does the US Government tax its US industries when it can apparently just “print” a near infinite amount of money with little or no… Read More »Why does the US Government tax its US industries when it can apparently just “print” a near infinite amount of money with little or no apparent consequences?
Stand Athwart History and Say STOP
In his great book Human Action, Mises demonstrates that societies don’t think: individuals within societies think. It bears repeating. Humans are not bees in… Read More »Stand Athwart History and Say STOP
Why don’t all of the world countries agree on a taxes system
Why don’t all of the world countries agree on a taxes system, in which big and long lasting corporations pay over 90% of their profit,… Read More »Why don’t all of the world countries agree on a taxes system
Is economics considered a science?
Is economics considered a science? If so why? Isn’t money and value merely an agreed upon idea? A paper dollar has value because we all… Read More »Is economics considered a science?
COVID-19 Stay-at-home Policy Fail
Peer reviewed article, Stay-at-home policy is a case of exception fallacy: an internet-based ecological study”, in Nature: “In conclusion, using this methodology and current data,… Read More »COVID-19 Stay-at-home Policy Fail
Justice for Ashli Babbitt
Will time show the killing of Ashli Babbitt to have more in common with the killings of the four students at Kent State, May 4,… Read More »Justice for Ashli Babbitt
Ludwig von Mises on Politics and Ideas
Ludwig von Mises spoke/wrote these words in 1958. He was optimistic that good ideas (loosely, free markets and free minds) would defeat bad ideas via… Read More »Ludwig von Mises on Politics and Ideas
Which is more important in life, what you know or what you don’t know?
If life were so simple. In the quest to know more you need to rely on what you do know while validating this prior knowledge… Read More »Which is more important in life, what you know or what you don’t know?