Tag Archives: civil society

Not Random Violence, but the Consequence of Ideas

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Jim

Saturday, we saw a number of news reports on the interwebs about the murder of Delbert Belton, who fought at Okinawa, allegedly by two teenaged thugs. From these reports, we learned that robbery is bad, murder is bad, elderly combat … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged civil society, corruption, Delbert Belton, education reform, Individual Rights, individual vs. the collective, random crime | Leave a comment

Question #7: If we ‘privatize’ Social Security, what would happen to people that recklessly invest their retirement and lose it?

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Jim

The following question comes from Reddit: If we ‘privatize’ Social Security, what would happen to people that recklessly invest their retirement and lose it? First, in the question, there is an unfounded premise about risk as in: government control of … Continue reading →

Posted in Questions | Tagged Baby boomers, civil society, Echo boomers, entitlement reform, GenX, retirement, Social Security, Social Security Trust Fund | Leave a comment

My State of the Union Address

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Jim

With President Obama about to deliver another State of the Union address, I offer a three year old correction to the legislative priorities of our President and Congress. Unlike President Obama’s long long long boring and uninspired utterances, this superior … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Political Discussions, President | Tagged Barack Obama, civil rights, civil society, entitlement reform, payroll taxes, Social Security, state of the union, tax reform | Leave a comment

The End of American Civil Society?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Jim

A piece that I wrote in early January 2009 seems especially relevant now that we have experienced more than three years of the Obama Administration and continued economic decline. The other night I was watching a heart rending story about … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, History, Quotes | Tagged Alfredo Rocco, Barack Obama, civil society, Ethiopia, fascism, free association, George W. Bush, laissez-faire capitalism, Leonard Peikoff, Ominous Parallels, orgy of sacrifice | 1 Comment

Question #2: Flame wars, why has our political debate become so nasty?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Jim

The following question has been popping up a lot recently, and it relates to the prior post on Angry Libertarians: Why has our political discourse become so uncivil? The idea that we should do something has been popularly replaced with … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions, Questions, Quotes | Tagged America polarized, Ayn Rand, civil, civil society, coercion, free association, Individual Rights, initiation of force, majoritarianism, political correctness, political debate, political discourse, political discussion, privacy, problems in our government, proper government, retaliatory force, rhetoric, tyranny, uncivil, voluntary | 1 Comment

Open Letter to Gary Johnson

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Jim

Personally, I prefer to write about political policy over campaign tactics; however, this video and script offers a few interesting points related to Selfish Citizenship: (1) history as facts from reality to use as a guide, (2) understanding that success/improvement … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, President | Tagged Albert Gallatin, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, C-SPAN, civil society, Congress, deficit hawk, drinking age, election, Freedom Party, Gary Johnson, history, James Carville, James Garfield, Libertarian, President, Reform movement, Republican, Ross Perot, spoils system, Tea Party, The Contenders, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny | 9 Comments

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Not Random Violence, but the Consequence of Ideas

The End of American Civil Society?

Question #2: Flame wars, why has our political debate become so nasty?

Open Letter to Gary Johnson

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