Yawper

Crime happens.  It is a sad fact but immutable fact.  When one person kills, beats, or robs another person it is always a pitiable tragedy.  But there is something worse than crimes perpetrated by an individual, or small group, against another. Societal crimes, where power is exercised against groups or individuals is worse.  Some societal […]

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 […]

Today the internet is awash with condemnation of Kirk Cameron for his recent comments on Piers Morgan Tonight.  A quick Google search will yield innumerable results, most (1.2 million) featuring the word “homophobe.” I am not going to defend Cameron, nor will I condemn him.  I do want to challenge the use of the word […]