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A Farewell to Mars

A Farewell to Mars

by | Nov 19, 2019 | ,

I hate to admit that my amazing title for this article was shamelessly stolen from one of my favorite books of the same title. The aforementioned book is by Evangelical Pastor, Brian Zahnd. He seems to be proposing a way to view violence and militarism that differs from the typical American Evangelical. I do not believe that Zahnd is a libertarian, but he seems to be sympathetic to many of our positions, and his book came as a welcome relief as it helped to sharpen my political stance when it comes to matters of war and peace.  When I began my journey into the blackhole of libertarianism, I...

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The Impossible Burden of the US Regulatory State

The Impossible Burden of the US Regulatory State

by | Oct 1, 2019 | , ,

Following the infamous Enron and Arthur Anderson scandal of the early 2000's our wise overlords enacted legislation to prevent history from repeating itself.  The overreaction of Congress, to a couple of bad actors committing things that were already illegal, is a piece of legislation called the Sarbanes Oxley Act. If you are unfortunate enough to stumble across a reference to this albatross, you will generally see this abbreviated as SOX. SOX basically allowed congress to relinquish most lawmaking authority related to accounting to the SEC, and not so secretly, but relatively unknown...

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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

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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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