The phrase “collective responsibility” is rather pleasant sounding, with its implication that, perhaps, we should all collectively take responsibility for our own actions. What parents should not teach their children such things? But for at least the past 150 years “collective responsibility” also has a specific meaning with regard to ... … Read entire article »

This past weekend, I spoke at a wonderful libertarian conference in Vancouver, BC. One of the speakers was a poet, Lilija Valis, who is originally from Lithuania. She has a forthcoming book of her poetry, Freedom on the Fault Line, from which she read the following. I reproduce them here ... … Read entire article »

As we look back on the horrors of the dictatorships and autocracies of the past, one particular question consistently arises; how was it possible for the common men of these eras to NOT notice what was happening around them? How could they have stood as statues unaware or uncaring as ... … Read entire article »

One hundred and fifty animal-human hybrid embryos have been produced by mad scientists in the UK – with full government approval – under the 2008 Human Fertilisation Embryology Act. The UK’s Daily Mail newspaper is reporting that a committee of scientists recently blew the whistle on the operation and expressed ... … Read entire article »

We are missing the lesson of the current British outrage over Murdoch just as we missed the lesson of the financial crisis in America. Was the real crime in England that employees of the News of the World illegally hacked the cell phone of a missing girl? Was the real financial ... … Read entire article »

If establishment interests in protecting nuclear power predominate, we will be told that there will be no adverse radiation consequences for Americans. On the other hand, if it will further promote government interests in regulating the production, transportation, and sale of foods, I can imagine our being told that such ... … Read entire article »

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. — Herbert Spencer. My academic life in college was largely spent studying what were then referred to as the “liberal arts.” History, geography, economics, philosophy, art, literature, music, psychology, and the genuine sciences, were ... … Read entire article »

… While the preachers of enlightenment and the hoards that follow them dissolve one by one in the great maw of Oneness consciousness, we rebels march forth with the torch of hope for different kind of world. A world that moves by different laws, that operates on different principles, a ... … Read entire article »

Gold reached a record high of $1,376 per ounce this Thursday morning but I’m writing about Fort Knox because of an unexpected conversation I had yesterday with a distant friend. We have known each other for 35 years but have only seen each other once over the last two decades ... … Read entire article »

Monument Securities Chief Economist Stephen Lewis says the chaos in Greece could lead to collapse of the European Union, bringing down with it the dangerous assumption that structures of global governance provide stability in times of financial peril, but the World Bank and IMF vultures will be waiting as ever ... … Read entire article »