Andrew Yang – The 21st Century Candlemaker

Andrew Yang – The 21st Century Candlemaker

"(Close) all windows, dormers, skylights, inside and outside shutters, curtains, casements, bull’s-eyes, deadlights, and blinds—in short, all openings, holes, chinks, and fissures through which the light of the sun is wont to enter houses.” -Frederic Bastiat from his work 'The Candlemakers’ Petition' Frederic Bastiat creatively used satire as a vessel in order to explain somewhat complex and philosophical beliefs. In The Candle Makers Petition, he illustrates how special interest groups, (the candlemakers and tallow producers at the time attempted to lobby the Chamber of Deputies of the...

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Ethical Consistency, Does It Really Matter?

Ethical Consistency, Does It Really Matter?

We see or hear it all the time. Whether we're on social media or having a conversation with a friend or family member, you may hear something like this, your redneck coworker may say, "We just need to turn the middle east into a sheet of glass!" Meanwhile, your progressive, career college student cousin may post something  like, "We need someone like Bernie in the white house to make the 1% pay their fair share of taxes so we can finally get universal health care!" More often than not these examples are due to the lack of something I consider invaluable as a Voluntaryist...ethical...

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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...

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