Where California Went Wrong
Hobbes’s State: “Why Are You Hitting Yourself?”
Stove Selection Theory
[Darwinian Fairytales: Selfish Genes, Errors of Heredity, and Other Fables of Evolution by David Stove (Encounter Books, 1995; xv + 345 pp.)]
Tennessee lawmaker calls for Memphis to secede over redistricting
Rep. Antonio Parkinson (D) said ... “Let my people go. I’m deada‑‑ serious. If you’re constantly beating on us, let us out.”
Paying Avaricious Uncle Sam: The Significance of the Tax of Taxes
The federal income tax, which we recently paid, is the crown jewel of a massive welfare-warfare state. Without it, it would be well-nigh impossible for the government to run up some 37 trillion dollars of debt. (It’s actually much more but the government does the counting).
Hobbes’s State: “Why Are You Hitting Yourself?”
As kids we may remember the old trope—often seen on TV or in movies—where a stronger kid would overpower a weaker kid and use the weaker kid’s hands and arms to hit him, asking mockingly, “Why are you hitting yourself?”
