An observation
First, let’s define a couple things. Pure capitalism and the free market mean that the market participants determine who of the market competitors survive...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Indoctrinate
If you ever want to see the amount of hypocrisy that goes on in politics, there is only one word you need to know: indoctrination. The right accuses the left of...
Remington UMC “Yellow box”
Remington has been distributing bulk ammunition under the UMC label. In gun forums and message boards this distribution has become colloquially known as the ...
Responding to a Christian
In the previous article discussing the origin of rights, I mentioned that I was in a conversation with a Christian on the conservative blog "The Right Scoo...
Origin of rights
The question is eventually posited to non-theists by theists: from where do our rights originate? Recently I entered into an argument with several Christian con...
Words of a politician
One thing that I feel is rather telling is how Republicans and social conservatives are reacting in a rather predictable fashion to revelations of things that O...
Birthright citizenship
Let’s talk birthright citizenship. The concept comes from the Fourteenth Amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to t...
Legalization = condonation?
There was a point in time wherein the idea of arguing for the repeal of criminal sanctions for actions was laughable. After all, in a free country like the Unit...
Standards of commitment
I have friends who are both married and not. I have a friend who, last year, divorced her husband after he abandoned her. Let me ask this one question of everyo...
Gadgets you can keep
Recently the New York Times ran an article by Sam Grobart called “Gadgets You Can Get Rid Of (or Not)” in which he severely downplays the usefulness...