Capitalism has long been attacked with the argument that it leads to individualism, which is a social evil. It wasn’t a very clear or cogent argument but it was popular. I should note that conflating markets with “capitalism” is erroneous. Free markets are not just about capital. But attacking capital…

True Believers tend to evolve, but towards a more authoritarian version of themselves. This doesn’t mean some individual true believers don’t desert the “cause” and embrace a more rational and nuanced view of reality, but the tendency in most believers is toward greater intolerance and authoritarianism. There is a kind…

Previously I mentioned that a 10-year-old girl was raped and impregnated and then forced to leave Ohio because the new abortion laws would mandate she carry the pregnancy to term. Ohio’s Republican attorney general, David Yost, publicly dismissed the story and said no such thing ever happened. He asserted there…

I am not a nationalist, which is but another form of collectivism. I have long considered myself a citizen of the world, which I put into practice over the years by living in five countries, from Africa to Germany to New Zealand. Nor am I a “patriot” in the sense…

Our Speaking Freely series contains quotes from prominent individuals of the past and present which speak to issues and promote equality of rights before the law. Each quote is part of mosaic which, when seen as a whole, presents the humane values of classical liberalism: individualism, depoliticized markets, equality of…

The corrupt conservative Justices on the Supreme Court today did what we knew they would do from the start. They stripped away reproductive freedom for women, and turned their bodies into government property. Now a group of blathering, evangelical Republicans — with their mistresses and pageboys bent over desks —…

Reluctantly I oppose a gas tax holiday. The problem of high prices is the result of demand for gasoline exceeding the supply. It’s not “inflation,” it’s supply and demand, not that it will stop the fake “free market” clowns in God’s Own Party from screaming inflation. Multiple things are taking…

NOTE: My comedy novel tackling “ex-gays” and faith-healers, City Limits, has been republished. In celebration of my birthday I have had the priced lowered. If you want a laugh or two it’s for you. See below. Depoliticized markets are like a symphony, allow me to explain. Prior to creating a…

It is widely assumed martyrs are highly moral people, perhaps superior people, with principles. Thus many assume any “persecution” they experience — which may be as mild as someone disagreeing with them — makes them high and mighty victims. That’s without taking into consideration what “principles” they are upholding. Before…