The Illusion of Economic Freedom

Featured image from Business Insider. Follow the link for more info. I love the concept of laissez-faire market capitalism. An individual creates a product or service that they voluntarily exchange with another producer of a product or service for mutual benefit. This benefit creates both wealth and specialization, which allows for larger community groups to […]

The Social Media Black Hole

Featured image by Daniel Steelman. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. Real life is an amazing thing. Of course, right now with all the COVID restrictions in my state, life is a bit challenging at the moment. And depending on how the vaccine rolls out, it may never really be the same […]

Prelude to an inquisition

Featured image from Britannica.com. Follow the link for more information. Historians are going to look back at the early 2020’s with profound amazement, wondering how and why the people living in that time didn’t recognize the rise of new authoritarian, and if things are left unchecked, totalitarian rules and systems. There is historical precedent for […]

What is gained?

Featured image by Pom’. Follow for more of this artist’s work. What is gained by rioting? What is accomplished in using force to occupy a space or cause destruction? Seriously? What positive effect results from the Pro-Trump rally turned protest turned riot. Several years ago, there was a group that prevented Ben Shapiro from speaking […]

Ripples

H.L. Menken was absolutely right when he said that “Democracy is the theory that the American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard.”

A Wednesday Rant

And all the while we treat each other like crabs in a pot…

And we’re supposed to be grateful.

Featured image by Alabama Extension. Follow the link for more… We’re getting another payment… yippee… I hope you can recognize the sarcasm in my writing. After months of back and forth “negotiations,” Congress has finally passed a second economic stimulus, promising payments of $600 for each adult making up to $75,000 (or $150,000 for married […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]