BlogHide Resteemsashortageofsand (29)in libertarian • 7 years agoCasting the First Stone: Christians and Victimless CrimeAny who dare to question the legitimacy of the state must be ready to endure ridicule. Libertarian Christians, however, face what amounts to excommunication as well. Of course, to suggest…ashortageofsand (29)in education • 7 years agoPublic education is insane!I was homeschooled my whole life. Among other things, this meant I’d never had a grade before I came to college. Naturally, now that I’m a freshman and I’m getting grades, I’ve been studying with my…ashortageofsand (29)in anarchism • 7 years agoTolkien the AnarchistThe only things more beautiful than stateless societies are the works of Professor J. R. R. Tolkien. It is no surprise then, that Tolkien himself was a proponent of anarchy. From a letter written…ashortageofsand (29)in writing • 7 years agoWhy Citing Sources Is Cool and How You Should Do ItI'm not going to lie: I hate citing my sources. It's not that I want to "steal the glory" or anything. Plagiarism is the last thing on my mind. It's just that it's so dang time-consuming to copy…ashortageofsand (29)in philosophy • 7 years agoThe Moral Failure of the Minimum WageFew victims of hardship earn as much sympathy as the “worker.” The great leftist Karl Marx devoted much of his Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital to an analysis of the struggles of the gentle…ashortageofsand (29)in economics • 7 years agoHow Good Intentions Have Destroyed Economic JusticeThe famed observer of democracy, Alexis de Tocqueville, writes that, though democratic nations love freedom, “for equality they have an ardent, insatiable, eternal, invincible passion; they want…ashortageofsand (29)in philosophy • 7 years agoThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Government“In the beginning, the universe was created,” explains author Douglas Adams. He goes on to point out: “This has made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad move.” Adams…ashortageofsand (29)in philosophy • 7 years agoWhy Freedom MattersEveryone has a purpose. It is irrelevant to our current discussion whether that purpose is something transcendent or objective, or whether it is subjective and relative to the individual. We have…
