Late one night while watching an episode of the Colbert Report, it came time for the interview segment to which more often or not I tend to make a jerking off gesture towards the product being peddled, Colbert’s comic flair lubricating the way, but on this night rubbed myself imaginarily raw in protest of guest Bary Schwartz and [...]

It may well be true that very many self-described libertarians tend to be of a such a stubborn independent bent that they themselves might suffer from their aversion to community. However, adopting the life of a cane-shaking, iconoclastic hermit is not necessary of or necessarily connected to the philosophy of libertarianism.

Libertarianism is not a personal philosophy. It is a philosophy [...]

In debate over hotly contested legislation in the last few years, politicians have more and more spewed forth noble, heartwarming, selfless pleas to the effect of: “Now is not the time for ideology. Government must do what works and abandon what does not work.”

In my attempts to imagine a government actually taking actions without ideological foundation, I was made to [...]

Ayn Rand, the radically individualistic author/philosopher has already been for me the most awkward nut to crack open in front of other people. Similarly concerning many other topics, many people have formed their opinions through a very black and white absolute argument of yes or no, with verdicts often tied [...]