The Company Store
I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, specifically the Keweenaw Peninsula. The area is sometimes referred to as the “copper country”, because there’s so much of the stuff up there. Anyway, as...
View ArticleTemporarily-Embarrassed Millionaires
Millennia ago, humans lived in tribes that worshiped different gods, and fought with each other (mostly over limited resources, but often disguised as other ‘concerns’). Whenever you were conquered,...
View ArticleThe Self-Interest of Animals
A couple months ago, my cat Enoch had some inflammation in his eye. We were worried it might be the sign of an infection, so to get ahead of it, we bought some ointment that we swabbed onto his eyeball...
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Public and Private
This image has been circulating all the usual social media outlets over the last few days: It’s depressing, but there’s a lesson here for us to learn from, and possibly not the one you might think....
View ArticleThe Lying Game
“Yeah, Romney lied, but ALL politicians lie!” Well, not quite. More accurately put, all people lie. So, if we’re going to discount Romney’s lies on the basis that all politicians lie, then by logical...
View ArticleWhat We Owe Piracy
This perhaps requires some introduction. Whenever I’ve argued with a Libertarian about the problems with capitalist systems, they’re always quick to point out that it’s not capitalism that’s the...
View ArticleThe Fallacy of Competition in an Unregulated Capitalist System
Conservatives like to claim that “it’s corporatism, not capitalism” that’s to blame for our many economic and fiscal woes, but that’s a specious dodge. The fact is, corporatism is an inevitable result...
View Article20 Things the Rich (Have the Luxury to) Do Every Day
According to Dave Ramsey, whoever the hell he is, and his list of undoubtedly made-up “statistics” with no citations or specified sources for their origins, all you have to do if you want to get rich...
View ArticleClass Warmongering (Part 1 of 3)
I: THE MINIMUM WAGE DEFICIT The wealthiest in the United States make more and are taxed less than ever before, but quite a number of them claim that this somehow isn’t enough, that taxes need to be...
View ArticleClass Warmongering (Part 1.5 of 3)
ADDENDUM: WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING In Part I, I tossed out some salary figures, and I’d like to dissect those a little bit, briefly. As mentioned, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group has a salary of...
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