I'm going dark in an hour or so. In preparation for the big move tomorrow, I'm about to shut down and pack up the home computers and tear down our internet connection. Shortly after posting this message, for the first time in over 15 years, my wife and I will no longer have broadband internet access.Except for an iPad and both our iPhones with LTE, along with the Kindle … [Read more...] about Going Dark
Why Should Miss Lorelei Rivers Give a Shit What Other People Want?
I missed Maggie McNeill's last Friday the 13th roundup, and it was the only one this year, but there's something I want to get off my chest about a type of argument that really annoys me, and I figure she won't mind.The problem, as it so often is for us libertarians, is the lack of respect for freedom of choice. Here's the recent Twitter exchange that triggered this post, … [Read more...] about Why Should Miss Lorelei Rivers Give a Shit What Other People Want?
What the Fuck Did I Do?
"What the fuck did I do?"That's what Detective Jimmy McNulty asks Bunk at the end of the first season of The Wire as he contemplates all that he has set in motion. It's a phrase that has been going through my head a lot over the past week."What the fuck did I do?"I bought a house, that's what I did.After 26 years of living in a condo, my wife and I decided … [Read more...] about What the Fuck Did I Do?
Libertarian Party Memes
The Libertarian Party has been a real hoot this election. I think everybody is familiar with Senator Bernie Sanders' supporters promoting his candidacy with the "Feel the Bern" meme. Naturally, Libertarians have their own version for Governor Gary Johnson.It's exactly what you think it is. I think my favorite Libertarian meme (so far) belongs to the John … [Read more...] about Libertarian Party Memes
Some Random Annoying Nonsense about Libertarianism
[Same post as before, but this time with a title. Arg.]Lucy Steigerwald points to an annoying Vox article about libertarianism by Drew Brown with the cringe-inducing title "Why Libertarians and MRAs Sound the Same When They Talk About Feminism."The piece starts out with some real issues of women being harassed by assholes, and private employers firing said assholes, … [Read more...] about Some Random Annoying Nonsense about Libertarianism