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The following article began as a Facebook post conveying an experience I had recently upon re-introducting grains into my diet for one day, after months of abstaining, or at least upwards of 99% anyway. The post was well received, and since I continued to expand upon it in response to comments, I de[...]
21 May 2018
News/Trending
Yeah, big stick, dead horse…but for some reason, I was recently in the mood for a bit of ranting, so here goes: As you all probably heard, on March 9, 2018, Florida Governor [...]
24 Mar 2018
Let me throw this thought out there for consideration: Say a young man is sentenced to 12 years in prison. During that time, perhaps he’s bullied by the other inmates. Perhap[...]
24 Mar 2018
Liberty
The following essay by Leo Tolstoy was originally included in the publication “The Law of Love and the Law of Violence (Chapter 8), and was subsequently published by Nonresis[...]
24 Mar 2018
The fundamental flaw in non-anarchistic libertarian thought—that is, that government is necessary, if for nothing other than protection of its citizens (defense from attack from ab[...]
11 Nov 2016
Philosophy
At the beginning of his forward to A. G. Sertillanges’ The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods, Catholic Priest and Political Philosophy Professor James V. Sch[...]
14 Nov 2016
I am in the process of eliminating as many of the petty distractions in my life that I can, in an attempt to focus on those things I’ve wanted to do (or, more accurately, be)[...]
11 Apr 2015
Psychology
Recently, I was reading a quick little article by Robert Locke, published over on Lifehack, entitled 10 Reasons Why Some People Are Always Unmotivated. Though all ten were valid po[...]
17 Feb 2015
I find it fascinating: optimists are considered unrealistic, while realistic people are deemed pessimists. And everyone wants to be around optimists, who have a very unrealistic ap[...]
04 Dec 2014
Spirituality
There was a time in my life when I was dealing with a lot of problems, a lot of baggage from my past, and had reached a point where I really needed to let go of all of it and move [...]
17 May 2017
“Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have good luck!” Yes, we’ve all heard, and chanted—and perhaps even believed—that little rhyme. But I̵[...]
15 Nov 2016
Health & Wellbeing
For the past couple-three years, I’ve cut my intake of wheat way back, keying on the simple carbs, or high-glycemic carbs, the glucose/insulin spike, since processed wheat sh[...]
24 Jan 2018
My disdain for government intervention in the marketplace just continues to grow, regardless of how hard I try to ignore it—like, for instance, scaling way back on my interaction w[...]
19 Jan 2018
Addiction
I recently began identifying myself as an Autarchist, rather than the more common term Anarchist, because I believe it to be a more accurate description of the ideology (at least a[...]
15 May 2017
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: addiction is not a disease. Aside from the growing body of scientific evidence, I am also confidant of this becaus[...]
11 Nov 2016
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Business
The idiocy of all this anti-Amazon crap makes my head hurt…. Seems there’s another feud brewing in the publishing arena, this time between the French publisher Hachette[...]
26 Apr 2015
I just saw an idiotic post on Facebook calling the Walton family (owners of Walmart) “greedy”, because they’re “the richest family in the US, and pay their [...]
07 Apr 2015
Economics
The following article is by Dan Sanchez, and was originally published by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) April 26, 2017. It is reprinted here with permission. Why is Am[...]
17 Aug 2017
As a professionally trained pilot (helicopter), I can attest that in order to become a qualified pilot, one must first become knowledgeable in several other areas. For instance, ae[...]
03 Jul 2017
Education
I knew that just like most of today’s institutions or industries, the higher education industry has been corrupted beyond repair or redemption. One need only briefly watch or[...]
02 Apr 2018
Let me throw this thought out there for consideration: Say a young man is sentenced to 12 years in prison. During that time, perhaps he’s bullied by the other inmates. Perhap[...]
24 Mar 2018
Science, Tech, & Gadgetry
Smart phones have not only changed how we communicate, they’re changing how we do things. They’re changing our culture, our economy. In light of this, I’ve often [...]
14 Jul 2017
I really love how the Internet and digital technology is showing us that people, all over the world, are pretty much the same—regardless of what our governments, and their propagan[...]
20 Feb 2015
My Fiction
The following story is one of twelve short stories and novellas included in my book Rolling The Bones: 12 Tales of Life, Death, Loss, & Redemption, which is available online in[...]
02 Jul 2017
My book Rolling The Bones: 12 tales of Life, Death, Loss, & Redemption is available online in trade paperback (490 pgs) from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, IndieB[...]
27 Jul 2016
Blog
The following article began as a Facebook post conveying an experience I had recently[...]
21 May 2018
Dear Gun-Grabbers: The government only does what the people want if it also happens t[...]
02 Apr 2018
I knew that just like most of today’s institutions or industries, the higher ed[...]
02 Apr 2018
Yeah, big stick, dead horse…but for some reason, I was recently in the mood for[...]
24 Mar 2018
Let me throw this thought out there for consideration: Say a young man is sentenced t[...]
24 Mar 2018
As for the future of liberty, here are my ponderings of late: After the recent splint[...]
24 Mar 2018
The following essay by Leo Tolstoy was originally included in the publication “[...]
24 Mar 2018
I no longer engage in the endless debates on social media, but I do still find a litt[...]
08 Mar 2018
I wouldn’t think I’d need to point this out, but… There’s now[...]
10 Feb 2018
For the past couple-three years, I’ve cut my intake of wheat way back, keying o[...]
24 Jan 2018
I’ve been studying Dr. Jordan Peterson‘s work (books and videos) for a fe[...]
23 Jan 2018
So here’s what’s been on my mind of late: Y’all have probably heard[...]
19 Jan 2018
My disdain for government intervention in the marketplace just continues to grow, reg[...]
19 Jan 2018
The following article is by Federico Pieraccini—a freelance writer specializing in in[...]
19 Jan 2018
I recently stumbled across an article by Justin Danneman, published on Squawker, enti[...]
22 Sep 2017
In an article entitled The Nobel World by James B. Rogers, published over at LewRockw[...]
20 Sep 2017
After all my decades of life experience, I’ve recently adopted a new mantra: 10[...]
19 Sep 2017
I had an interesting life lesson recently, thought I’d share… For several[...]
17 Sep 2017
Though I ridicule, lambast, mock, and rail against government at all levels, when it [...]
13 Sep 2017
Stories are like highly sensitive, timid creatures; during times of stress and chaos [...]
08 Sep 2017
Okay, we have Hurricane Harvey, and Hurricane Irma; both are really bad for society, [...]
07 Sep 2017
Rampant racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry, white supremacy/Nazism—you name it—is di[...]
22 Aug 2017
You do realize, do you not, that governments are comprised of human beings, and that [...]
19 Aug 2017
The following article by Lawrence W. Reed was originally published by the Foundation [...]
19 Aug 2017
The following article is by Dan Sanchez, and was originally published by the Foundati[...]
17 Aug 2017
You see what’s happening, don’t you? The escalating violence, from all si[...]
16 Aug 2017
Jesus Christ was charged with, and executed for—not blasphemy, as is commonly believe[...]
29 Jul 2017
Smart phones have not only changed how we communicate, they’re changing how we [...]
14 Jul 2017
“Give me control of a nation’s money, and I care not who makes its laws.&[...]
08 Jul 2017
During the July 4th holiday each year, when posting something relevant about Independ[...]
05 Jul 2017
As a professionally trained pilot (helicopter), I can attest that in order to become [...]
03 Jul 2017
The following story is one of twelve short stories and novellas included in my book R[...]
02 Jul 2017
I’ve often asked, “What kind of cruel government would make it illegal fo[...]
02 Jul 2017
I’ve written on this topic before, and my position hasn’t changed: people[...]
20 May 2017
The other night, an idea struck me for a new short story. I couldn’t get it out[...]
19 May 2017
The guys at the Seeds of Liberty Podcast recently invited me onto their show to discu[...]
18 May 2017
There was a time in my life when I was dealing with a lot of problems, a lot of bagga[...]
17 May 2017
I recently began identifying myself as an Autarchist, rather than the more common ter[...]
15 May 2017
I fail to understand why all the surprise and/or outrage over people being arrested a[...]
15 May 2017
For the sake of privacy, I’m not gonna name names or convey details; besides, t[...]
15 May 2017
We’ve become accustomed to paying taxes. Take income taxes: It’s often sa[...]
26 Mar 2017
The following article is by Bretigne Shaffer. Bretigne writes for LewRockwell.com amo[...]
22 Jan 2017
Though the following article by Walter E. Block focuses on the problems plaguing Chic[...]
02 Jan 2017
I didn’t want to go to the gym this morning. I really, really, didn’t fee[...]
04 Dec 2016
I recently shared a pro-free-market education, anti-government school meme on Faceboo[...]
25 Nov 2016
The following article was authored by my friend in liberty Robert F. Eschauzier, and [...]
20 Nov 2016
The following article by Butler Shaffer was originally published over at LewRockwell.[...]
18 Nov 2016
“When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to[...]
15 Nov 2016
“Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have good luck!” [...]
15 Nov 2016
At the beginning of his forward to A. G. Sertillanges’ The Intellectual Life: I[...]
14 Nov 2016
The Outsider is one of my favorite stories by H. P. Lovecraft. Since it was originall[...]
14 Nov 2016
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: addiction is not a d[...]
11 Nov 2016
The fundamental flaw in non-anarchistic libertarian thought—that is, that government [...]
11 Nov 2016
I started this story many years ago, which I think is obvious, due to its naïveté and[...]
25 Oct 2016
The following article by Bretigne Shaffer was originally published on Lewrockwell.com[...]
25 Sep 2016
The following article by Daisy Luther was originally published on her website, www.da[...]
25 Sep 2016
I’ve created a sample PDF of my novella The Crossing, from my book Rolling The [...]
30 Aug 2016
When I was a kid, I’d get an idea in my head, and just start doing it. More oft[...]
25 Aug 2016
I did really badly in school. And I hated it from day one. Went from straight-A’[...]
25 Aug 2016
Starting A Business Imagine, if you will: You decide, after sixteen years of experien[...]
25 Aug 2016
My book Rolling The Bones: 12 tales of Life, Death, Loss, & Redemption is availab[...]
27 Jul 2016
Though many analogized statism to religion, for some time now I’ve held that a [...]
23 Jul 2016
The following article by Butler Shaffer was originally published on LewRockwell.com. [...]
16 Jul 2016
The following article by Mark Skousen was originally published by the Foundation For [...]
16 Jul 2016
So Hillary Clinton walks, and people such as The Blaze blogger Matt Walsh are shocked[...]
07 Jul 2016
The following video was so packed full of highly valuable information—about what to d[...]
02 Jul 2016
In recent discussions on social media concerning my blog, and my writing in general, [...]
27 Jun 2016
I’m excited to announce that on Friday, June 17, 2016, I released my new book, [...]
19 Jun 2016
Seems whenever there’s a mass shooting, the most prominent question asked is wh[...]
13 Jun 2016
I recently shared this meme on Facebook: And of course, somebody made the following c[...]
07 Jun 2016
I got to thinking about this the other day, thought I’d posit the question: Sta[...]
26 May 2016
To me, the reason socialism always fails is quite simple: Socialism doesn’t acc[...]
01 May 2016
Recently, someone in my Facebook network shared this meme: I neglected to comment on [...]
30 Apr 2016
First of all, for all the knee-jerk reactionists out there, I want to begin with sayi[...]
26 Apr 2016
I recently cringed my way through an article entitled Sorry Libertarian Anarchists, C[...]
24 Apr 2016
Though I’ve generally extracted myself from the state/stateless debate—from the[...]
20 Apr 2016
Recently, I read an article entitled Why So Many Millennials Are Socialists by By Emi[...]
18 Apr 2016
Forgiving gets easier with practice. For one, you come to the realization that you ha[...]
16 Apr 2016
The following article was originally published on Jake’s Health Solutions, a ge[...]
11 Apr 2016
Around 30 years ago, when I was in my early- to mid-twenties and working in a machine[...]
08 Apr 2016
Another quick thought: One of the most important things I’ve learned to disting[...]
23 Mar 2016
Upon viewing a sizable portion of my Facebook posts, as well as many of my articles p[...]
15 Mar 2016
Recently, a female friend of mine shared the following meme on Facebook: According to[...]
14 Mar 2016
One of the benefits (I hope) of the advent of more and more of these app-based busine[...]
11 Mar 2016
I continue to watch in amazement as so many in the liberty community incessantly atta[...]
11 Mar 2016
Today, I’ve something stuck in my craw, and I need to vent (I know, shock!): I [...]
08 Mar 2016
I recently posted the following on Facebook: “I wonder: if we called capitalism[...]
21 Feb 2016
Note: The following essay was written by Mark Twain sometime around 1896 – 1897[...]
20 Feb 2016
Over the past few months, I’ve found that’s it’s become increasingl[...]
12 Feb 2016
I really liked this video (below), and it makes a very salient point toward the end: [...]
10 Feb 2016
On Tuesday, Feb 2 2016, at a Senate hearing on women in combat, two senior military l[...]
03 Feb 2016
I’m beginning to believe that things are about to get really ugly, all around t[...]
01 Feb 2016
Donald Trump is running for President, because he says he wants to “Make Americ[...]
21 Jan 2016
I believe that when creating a work of fiction, it’s the writer’s job to [...]
13 Dec 2015
We are now several generations into government-run schooling, which, rather than prop[...]
15 Nov 2015
The following article was authored by Bretigne Shaffer for her blog On The Banks. I t[...]
09 Nov 2015
I’ve got something stuck in my craw, and I need to vent a little: I’m get[...]
30 Oct 2015
The video below—entitled Everything We Think We Know About Addiction Is Wrong—isnR[...]
29 Oct 2015
I wrote this poem as a young man, back in 1987, after my (first) divorce (obviously, [...]
20 Oct 2015
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