Yawper

There has not been much Yawping lately.  Much needs to be said and the onslaught of untruths and distortions continues without relent.  Yet, I have been quiet. Surely there are excuses: the holidays are approaching, things are busier than usual at work, and so on.  Excuses are merely after-the-fact rationalizations.  The reason for the lack […]

I recommend a simple exercise in assessing policy proposals. Imagine that the absolute freedom afforded under a government can be measured on a scale from zero to 100.  Here, zero represents total chaos, a complete absence of any controlling authority.  Zero is the pure distillation of the Hobbesian world where it is every man for […]

Dystopian stories enthrall me.  Because I expect our cities will someday look like the set of Blade Runner, and that our government will one day openly embrace the tenets of 1984’s Ingsoc, I fear these dystopian tales presage reality.  Therefore I am in complete agreement with the comment my friend David Hochman (read his blog) […]