Amendment 8 On The Florida Ballot?

There is a lot of hoopla over the upcoming Amendment 8 on this year’s election ballot. So much so that the Florida Education Association is suing the Florida Dept of State in an effort to have the Amendment removed from the ballot altogether. In a nutshell, Amendment 8 changes the class size limits (increases class [...]

Utilitarian or Side Constraint Rules?

In his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Robert Nozick lists two types of moral rules: utilitarian rules and side constraints. Utilitarian rules are basically end goals that a person or society must reach. For example, there may be a moral rule which says that society must achieve the greatest amount of good possible. In this [...]

Greetings From California

Wow, I am back. Sorry for being away so long folks. The move took a lot more out of my time then I had originally anticipated. We are settling in nicely and we have all begun the job-hunting phase. Weather here is very pleasant. Sometimes a little hot but we are used to that from [...]

Socialized Health Care A Reality in The USA?

Look how happy these congress critters are now that they have screwed you over with the passage of their socialized medicine. Months and months went by, debate after debate, town hall after town hall, through it all the American people exclaimed a resounding NO for socialized health care. Well, it happened anyway. The Congress of [...]

It Is Your Money – Be Smart With It

For years people have been using credit cards for all sorts of money transactions. Since the economic downturn of the last twp years, a major cry went out about how credit card companies are ripping off their customers. So much went on about it that Congress decided it needed to step in. Of course, the [...]

The Police State Has Arrived

Over the course of the last few years I have been warning people that we are moving toward a police state. Shades of Hitler, they have arrived. Today I received an email from a friend of mind who is concerned about what is happening in this country. Often he asks, what is this country coming [...]

What is a Libertarian?

Simply put, Libertarians are people who believe that all people should be allowed to live their lives as they see fit, so long as they do not initiate force or fraud against another to do it.   That one sentence, simple as it was, is a life changing principle.   Unfortunately, not many people understand [...]