Tag Archives: Individual Rights

How MoSCoW Can Fix America’s Spending Problem

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Jim

In the past several years, I have been working on managing a multitude of requirements within a government project so that the objective was achieved on time and on budget. The lessons learned about setting and enforcing priorities are principles … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress | Tagged Albert Gallatin, Balanced Budget Act, budget, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, federal spending, Individual Rights, line item veto, MoSCoW, OMB, prioritization, Social Security, tax the rich, term limits | Leave a comment

Question 12: Should the Government Force a Man to Pay Child Support?

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Jim

Recently, via the Leonard Peikoff podcast, Yaron Brook answered the question, “Should the Government Force a Man to Pay Child Support?” While I almost always agree with Dr. Brook, in this response, he got the answer wrong. In fairness to … Continue reading →

Posted in The Courts | Tagged abortion, accidental pregnancy, birth control, causality, child support, choice, Diana Hsieh, Individual Rights, jiz, pregnancy, probability, risk, Saving Silverman, sex, unwanted pregnancy, vaginal sex, volition, Yaron Brook | 1 Comment

Question #11: What is the relationship between objective virtues and individual rights?

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Jim

Normally, others ask a question and I answer; however, this time, I am asking the question above and only starting towards an answer, which I will chew through over time in future posts. Over the past several months, a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions | Tagged Independence, Individual Rights, individual vs. the collective, justice, Onkar Ghate, Virtue, War on Virtue, Yaron Brook | Leave a comment

Loving and Political Change for the Better

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Jim

Living during the Orgy of Sacrifice, which constitutes the bipartisan political agenda of the past 30+ years in the US, losing hope for a better future can be easy, especially for younger citizens who have never known different circumstances. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions | Tagged Individual Rights, individual vs. the collective, interracial marriage, jungle love, Loving v. Virginia, marriage equality, political activism, US Supreme Court, Virginia | Leave a comment

ObamaCare’s Website: I Didn’t Build That (a confession)

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Jim

Given recent news about the significant failures in ObamaCare’s website, I have a disclosure to make about my contribution to that event; literally, I shrugged. Usually, I cannot discuss specifics about what I am doing professionally; but in this case, … Continue reading →

Posted in President | Tagged Barack Obama, CGI, healthcare, Individual Rights, individual vs. the collective, ObamaCare, sanction of the victim | Leave a comment

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 #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