Moral and ethical consideration can only be given in degrees of reciprocity. That is, a rock cannot give any moral consideration to you when it
Category: Cynicism
Editing and Charitable Reading
It seems that fewer and fewer people today are capable of actually reading, and even fewer are capable of a charitable read. The concept of
Poison in Alternative Media: The Real News and Reason TV
The alternative media delivers a far more accurate and better picture about what is going on in the world, but there are times when they
Killing Cops is OK. Sometimes.
The topic of violence really sets a lot of people off. Those that love it, get upset when you point out that they participate and
Dear Mr. Paul Krugman, About Bitcoin…
Dear Mr. Paul Krugman, I read your recent piece about Adam Smith and bitcoin. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/adam-smith-hates-bitcoin/ Once again, it seems all roads in economics come down
Santa Claus exists, and so does the Easter Bunny!
Most people don’t enjoy lying, and even with good intentions, lying to children still doesn’t seem quite right. So how can you tell a kid
Frank’s Dogs
Graham had heard all about “Frank’s Dogs” from a bunch of friends that were raving about them. Kim had raved to Graham, “The best hotdog
SOPA & PIPA are Anti-Free Speech
Let’s get things straight. SOPA and PIPA are NOT about piracy. They are against suppressing free speech. They are tools for a totalitarian/authoritarian government to
THEN DO IT!
Hopefully you’ve been following the SOPA/PIPA debate… In a recent BBC article Richard Mollet, Chief Executive of the Publishers Association, talked about how little value
Infinite Disappointment in Bill Gates
I used to think that Bill Gates was a philanthropist and humanitarian. He’s anything but that. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just bought 500,000
