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Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
As the lock-you-down-for-your-own-good Covid narrative continues to fall apart, it's being replaced by a new excuse for controlling our lives in order to save the climate. Doug Casey has a very worthwhile take on why the new carbon hysteria is a huge threat to your personal freedom and financial wellbeing.
No matter how long you stare at your television set, the truth will not appear. A perfect example of why this is so can be found in how the establishment is hiding mass resistance to the vax mandates. Brandon Smith explains how the walkouts over the mandate are being carefully hidden and denied by the MSM.
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Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
One of the hardest things a lover of freedom must learn to do is to let other people make peaceful choices with which we disagree. Kent McManigal has a great take on how actions have natural consequences and we should allow them to play out.
The pressure of the past 20 months has really taken a toll on a lot of us. It's very tempting to size up the challenges ahead and to ask: Why bother? Robert E. Wright has a great explanation of why people are feeling that way.
If you've been paying attention to all the things that make our lives better, you may recognize the debt we owe to the productive people around us. Paul Rosenberg has a great essay on the values of producers and why there's a peculiar kinship among them.
One of the worst places to find yourself is on the horns of a dilemma. For instance, being told that you must choose between freedom and safety. Anthony Matoria reminds us that freedom has priority over safety.
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Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
One of the biggest favors you can do for your children is to teach them to think clearly and independently. They may still disagree with you, at times. But they'll be much better suited to sorting truth from fiction. Annie Holmquist has some great advice on teaching children to recognize propaganda.
Here's a controversial conversation-starter: What if the right speed limit is how fast you're willing to drive? Eric Peters has a refreshingly different take that will make some folks uncomfortable and others nod in agreement.
What do prohibition and vaccine mandates have in common? For starters, both are ideas that some consider so good, that they must be implemented by force. Emily Burns has a revealing essay on how vax mandates are the new prohibition.
It's a sign of the times that satirical sites like the Babylon Bee are a more reliable source of truth than the mainstream media. The Bee's take on Pfizer's eagerness to vaccinate children is a perfect example.
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Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
It's not hard to understand why people may feel deep discouragement about where things seem to be headed. I've heard several older people say things like, "I'm glad I won't live to see it." Paul Rosenberg has a great reminder that the sooner productive people understand what's going on, the faster the fall and reset will be.
The battle over the amount of influence that parents may have on their child's public school curriculum is intensifying. Kerry McDonald has a beautiful rebuttal to a Washington Post editorial that asserts that parents have no right to shape their kids' curriculum.
The fact that federal law enforcement is mobilizing to address the "threat" of parents disagreeing with the imposition of far left social justice programs in their public schools, is more than a little disturbing. Mark R. Schneider has an excellent article that asks if parents are a national security risk.
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Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
One of the more curious trends of the current "woke" movement is the pressure to only cast actors who have authentically lived the experience of the characters they play. Maren Thom asks whether the culture war over politically correct casting is limiting artistic freedom.
There's little doubt that we are standing at a crossroads these days in regards to what kind of nation we will be as we move forward. Jacob Hornberger from the Future of Freedom Foundation has a great take on the conflicting visions that shaped America and the choice before us.
The growing shipping crisis is not the product of too little government oversight. Just the opposite, in fact. Peter C. Earle explains that to fix the shipping crisis, we should start by repealing the Jones Act.
It's one thing to be passively carried along with the current and quite another to move with purpose. If you know in your gut that there is a need to stand up for what is true and good, then you have a duty to join the battle. Sheryl Collmer describes our current phoney war and how fate has placed you and me at this pivotal moment in human history.
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Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Government administered public schools have been a key battleground for the soul of our society for many years. The gubernatorial race in Virginia is bringing to light one of the key flashpoints of public education in our time--should parents have a say in what their kids learn in school? Jack Elbaum has an excellent article on the matter.
I don't remember exactly when my eyes were opened to the reality that government "solutions" have a tendency to create even more problems than they solve but it sure seems self-evident today. Thomas L. Knapp reminds us that political power is the problem, not the solution.
History shows that human nature has not changed over many thousands of years. Give a person enough power and there's a high likelihood that he or she will abuse it. Dan Sanchez has a terrific essay about "The Ring of Impunity" and how so many of the people in power today don't just crave power over others, they thrill at the prospect of getting away with abusing that power.
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Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
I'm always grateful when Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos joins me for our weekly conversation. Eric brings an intelligence, humorous and principled point of view to any discussion of current events. Today we discuss the danger of haggling over price when it comes to your natural rights. We also discuss geo-fencing and the folly of driver "safety scores."
The word "hero" has been co-opted by government at nearly every level to describe either those who work for the state or those who parrot the politically correct ideological line of thought. Authentic heroes typically are those who perform or who sacrifice at a level that most others do not. William Sullivan has an excellent essay on how a culture that celebrates fake heroes while crucifying real ones cannot endure.
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Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
One thing we've learned over the past 20 months is that, to some folks, science is a popularity contest. Consensus is invoked to justify destructive lockdown policies and mandates. It's also being used as leverage to further the cause of climate change policies. Anthony Watts has a great article on why consensus on climate change is irrelevant.
Anyone who is paying attention realizes that we are in the midst of an economic crisis. Sadly, even the folks who recognize this fact may be tempted to put their faith in the folks running the economic and political structures to fix the problem. Jeff Thomas explains that this is a bad idea since those same folks at the top are the ones creating the crisis. He says this train wreck is no accident.
If you're serious about seeing the various Covid mandates come to an end, you're going to have to become comfortable with engaging in civil disobedience. Samuel D. Samson points out that this can be done without becoming combative but anything good requires some effort and sacrifice.
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Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
There have been plenty of warnings about the steady move toward a cashless society. Kit Knightly says that programmable digital currency may be the next stage of the new normal. If so, it means that our money is about to be replaced by vouchers that are subject to complete state control.
Ever hear of mysterious stories of survival in which the survivors recount some kind of miraculous encounter with someone who saves the day? There's a name for that. It's called The Third Man Factor and Aden Tate has an inspiring article with several stories that exemplify it.
One of the best parts of being self-reliant is acquiring and learning how use tools. Getting set up can be a challenge, especially if you're on a budget. Here's a great article that describes how to get what you'll actually need and where to find affordable tools.
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Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Few things can make life more productive and happier than learning to separate politics from most of your daily activities. Joakim Book has a marvelous essay on the route of (least) resistance and why our lives are too important to let them be ruled by political differences.
Consistency in our principles is an essential part of personal integrity. But that doesn't mean it's easy to be consistent. For instance, how many people complain when the president tries forcing mandates via executive order but cheer when a governor does the same thing to prohibit those mandates? Judge Andrew Napolitano has a thought-provoking take on how edicts are not the same thing as laws, even when they favor our side in a particular battle.
There are times when being a quitter is a good thing. If you've found yourself feeling overwhelmed and hopeless from all the division we see around us, there's a way to fix that. Maybe it's time to quit putting so much emphasis on politics and start working on actually living as a good person instead.
Many of us remember the miraculous time when cochlear implants became a viable way to help the deaf hear. But did you know that certain groups of hearing impaired people fought these implants as being destructive of deaf culture? Steve Sailer explains what is meant by the grateful deaf.
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