This article was originally published in 2002 at a now-defunct web site and is reprinted here in 2025 because it is still relevant. The lunacy began when I pulled up to order at a fast food joint. I asked for a hamburger and a small root beer. “I’m sorry sir, we don’t have ‘small,’” saidContinueContinue reading “Can You Say “Absurd”?”
Category Archives: Albert Jay Nock
Two Maines to Part Ways
This article was originally published in 2002 at a now-defunct web site and is reprinted here in 2025 because it still describes the attitude of those wielding political control of the state. You may think this is a satire, but if the governor’s comments of February 7 were serious, then so is this response. BANGORContinueContinue reading “Two Maines to Part Ways”
The Perils of Isolationism
25 April 2025 It’s hard to describe the importance of the article linked below, but I’ll try. This is a classic example of Isaiah’s Job, both for Condoleezza Rice, who wanted to convey her concerns, and for me, wishing to promote the piece here. She is uniquely qualified to speak to the complicated issues inContinueContinue reading “The Perils of Isolationism”
Rights, Negative and Positive
19 March 2025 This meme, floating around Facebook this month, is further explained by this article published by the Foundation for Economic Education. =David A. Woodbury=
TikTok Guy
1 December 2024 Because my brother, Charles, sent this video to my wife, which we assume was meant for both of us, I dutifully watched it as did she. From my brother’s expressions of worry before the election of 2024 I understand that he no doubt perceives the video as a reflection of his ownContinueContinue reading “TikTok Guy”
An Abomination
27 November 2024 I won’t remark upon the event that gives rise to this lesson. It’s immaterial. I have been witness, though, to a friendly argument over what some behold as an abomination and a personal affront and others regard as an expression of personal taste. As to one side’s fixation on the word, abomination,ContinueContinue reading “An Abomination”
The Second Word in Gun Violence
9 April 2023 Sheriff Billy Woods of Marion County, Florida, holds that children who commit violent crimes need to be held accountable and calls for parents and schools to take more responsibility in raising children. He criticized “society,” “school districts,” and gun law rhetoric after announcing the arrests of two juveniles, one of whom isContinueContinue reading “The Second Word in Gun Violence”
On Taxes and Licenses
29 March 2023 A tirade against taxes, recently posted on Facebook, recalls something I encountered several years ago when I sought information from my home state about professional licensing. The Facebook post, which sets out initially to describe the scale of the number one billion, contains the following (unedited) list of taxes and “fees” (aContinueContinue reading “On Taxes and Licenses”
Is This Forgiveness?
31 August 2022 I didn’t realize until now that The Onion leans toward the delusions of collectivism — (left, new liberal, socialist; choose your flag). Inasmuch as I read a clip from it perhaps only a couple times a year I hadn’t looked at it enough to notice. Plainly, though, it struggles to deliver satireContinueContinue reading “Is This Forgiveness?”
Does My Mask Hurt Your Freedom?
To those who have suddenly come to the defense of my freedom not to wear a mask, how about joining me by the millions to defend my freedom not to fund a corrupt government?
Albert Jay Nock 