Of the Way

If you have an infinite number of monkeys and an infinite number of typewriters, you will eventually get Hamlet. If you have one monkey with a typewriter, you will quickly get the U.S. Code. I thought of this while listening to Henry Hazlitt destroy John Maynard Keynes’s General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money on [...]

“Now, I am perfectly ready to admit that standardization in some spheres is a good thing. It is a good thing in the making of Ford cars; but just because it is a good thing in the making of Ford cars, it is a bad thing in the making of human beings, for the reason [...]

Today I preached my second sermon at Christ Church of North Carolina.  I preached on Proverbs 11:1 and the title of the sermon is “Weights and Measures: Just and Unjust.”  In it I deal with such issues as honest business dealings, fraud, fiat money, and a basic overview of Christian economics. Feel free to listen [...]

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There is an old and widely known anecdote that a frog, when placed in a pot of boiling water will immediately jump out, but if placed in cold water and the temperature is gradually increased it will boil alive without offering any resistance.  Although not technically true, the anecdote captures an aspect of human nature [...]

“I submit that the financial industry only needs one regulation of four words: ‘Thou shalt not steal.’” -Richard Maybury, author of the wonderful Uncle Eric books and the Early Warning Report. http://www.youtube.com/user/RichardMaybury#p/u/10/AqEmEjYuT1s (Quote begins at 6:49)

Last week, Doug Wilson just posted on jury and state nullification here, and it prompted me to talk about a few things that had been percolating around in my head for quite some time.  I had written about jury nullification before, but it had disappeared from being online.  I found it on my hard drive [...]

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(This is a reworking of a blog post from a few years ago before my blog was WordPress based.) A few years ago, while listening to lectures by Steve Wilkins on “America: The First 350 Years”, I heard about jury nullification for the first time in my life.  I had paid attention in my public [...]

Arthur St. Clair was one of the Presidents of the United States who served before the current Constitution went into effect.  The presidents before Washington have been [intentionally?] neglected in conventional studies of history.  St. Clair, like fellow Anti-Federalist Patrick Henry, was a vocal critic of the Constitution, and has been proven right by history: [...]

The following essay was intended to be an open letter to Christian Homeshoolers on behalf of Ron Paul. I wrote most of this either in late 2007 or early 2008.  I never published it, but I found it today, and figured I would post it on my blog.  The subject matter isn’t entirely current, but [...]

I don’t know if this has already been derived by another social commentator and it may be the incorrect ratio, but I propose the following: “As the size of total government increases, the likelihood that any given action will be simultaneously mandated and prohibited increases exponentially.” This includes not only laws passed by a legislative [...]

“No, Mr. Green. Communism is just a red herring. Like all members of the oldest profession, I’m a capitalist.” -Miss Scarlet, Clue (1986) If something is inherently capitalistic in nature does that make it inherently good? Perhaps I was a bit hasty in characterizing Walter Block as a very persuasive debater in my introductory post [...]

I first heard of the book Defending the Undefendable by Dr. Walter Block in late 2007.  The book certainly piqued my curiosity, and I have wanted to read it for a while.  It turns out that this book is available online from the Mises Institute.  I imagine that my interaction with the book will be [...]

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln, and Charles Darwin.  These are two of my least favorite human beings ever, and the fact that they were both born on February 12, 1809 makes that one of my least favorite dates. Abraham Lincoln is the preeminent politician of modernity.  He was such [...]

Well, I’m back from vacation. While I was gone, there has been a major coup for those of you who love the State.  I’m not surprised.  President Bush has been so horrible while in office that he guaranteed a big Obama victory.  McCain got Bob-Doled.  Hard. McCain wouldn’t have been much better than Obama (not [...]

I will go over my ballot position by position.  For those of you outside of my district in NC, this may not be all that relevant to you, but it will reveal a little bit about my rationale about whom I vote for and why. President: (Options are Obama/Biden (D), McCain/Palin (R), Barr/Root (L), and [...]