Third Law

It is almost as if we’re beginning to see the repercussions of the various actions performed by disparate and unaligned groups against the governed population.

Why standards matter

Featured image from Know Your Meme. Follow the link for more info. I was poking around on social media as I do seemingly more and more as an observer rather than a poster. Many more of my posts either deal with other, innocuous things, or they link to my blog here. I’ve grown more and […]

Saturation

Featured image by TheInvertedFan. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. I am unsure whether to write this post as a simple observation of where we are in our society, or as a grim warning for those who think that we can be pushed too far, or as a a miasmatic voice in […]

Savages

Human beings are complicated creatures, capable of both great good and great evil.

An Opinion of an Opinion.

Link to the original article is here, though you’ll have to pay for it. Featured image by senpatientulo. Follow for more of this artist’s work. Gustavo Arellano wrote a piece published in the LA Times that I found through a friend of mine on Facebook. Having a chance to read the article, I will leave […]

Why integrity matters

Featured image from Prabakaran Thirumalai. Follow the link for more images. What we are seeing is the result of a complete lack of integrity. The politicization of everything Covid related during what is arguably the most contested election in this nation’s history hasn’t helped. A media so focused on driving the narrative, inducing panic, fear, […]

Why a National Lockdown won’t work.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

A Cali Libertarian’s Frustration

I try to follow Hanlon’s razor for these things, “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” And I think that there is a lot of stupidity in our discourse today.

The Importance of Incentive

Featured Image by Alan Levine. Follow the link for more of their work. Incentive is a powerful motivator. In the simplest sense, it is a reward for desirable behavior. We see this in how we train our pets, how we work, play, and interact with each other. And this can also be seen in our […]

The Rebirth of Responsibility

Featured image by m o n c h o o h c n o m. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. When we outsource our decision making, we also outsource our liberty. When we depend on others to make our decisions for us, we give up our ability to decide what is […]