Henry Olson Misunderstands Libertarianism
On September 25, Social Matter published an article by Henry Olson titled “The Death and Tragic Rebirth of Libertarianism”. While this article raises several important issues for libertarians and gets...
View ArticleTen Observations on the Brett Kavanaugh Smear Campaign
On September 4–7, the United States Senate held hearings on the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court to replace outgoing Justice Anthony Kennedy. After the hearings, Kavanaugh was...
View ArticleA Holistic Approach to Ending Corporate Censorship
Over the past decade, the large technology companies of Silicon Valley have transitioned from a mindset of attempting to make government censorship impossible to a mindset of attempting to make...
View ArticleSong Lyrics: Election Song
Verse 1: (E7) Wake up in the morning Long before first (E9) light (E7) Smell the coffee (Bm7) brewing in the (E7) same pot that you didn’t wash last (A) night (A7) (E7) Gonna be alright (E) (E7) Pull...
View ArticleThe Not-So-Current Year: 2018 In Review
Though the specific demarcation of the passage from one year into another is a rather arbitrary social construct, it does provide a useful annual period for self-examination and remembrance. Now that...
View ArticleBook Review: Cyber Smart
Cyber Smart is a book about protecting money and information from cyber criminals by cybersecurity expert Bart R. McDonough. The book explains what bad actors are trying to accomplish through their...
View ArticleTwelve Observations on the Covington Incident
On Jan. 18, 2019, students from the all-male Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky participated in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. That evening, a video emerged of students in front of the...
View ArticleAgreeing With Statists For The Wrong Reasons: Tax the Rich
<<<Episode V The rise of democratic socialism on the left and populism on the right have each produced a surge in proposals to raise taxes on the wealthiest people. So-called progressive tax...
View ArticleAgreeing With Statists For The Wrong Reasons: Universal Basic Income
<<<Episode VI Episode VIII>>> A Universal Basic Income (UBI), also known as Citizen’s...
View ArticleSong Lyrics: If You Cannot Solve A Problem
To the tune of “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain”. An April Fools song. Chorus: If you cannot solve a problem, make it worse If you cannot solve a problem, make it worse ‘Cause if it goes complete...
View ArticleVenezuela: To Solve a Tinderbox
“The desire for utopia is, arguably, as urgent and as necessary as the desire for history.” –Eugene Thacker[1] The problem with this desire, of course, is the unchangeable fact that utopia can never be...
View ArticleCorporate Censorship Is the Product of Power
On June 6, National Review published an article by David French titled “Social-Media Censorship Is the Product of Culture and Commerce” in which he argues that corporate censorship is a market outcome...
View ArticleA Libertarian Reactionary View of Tariffs, Part I
One of the most important aspects of governance is trade policy, for it is part of both domestic and foreign policy. Without a proper understanding of the tools available to a sovereign, it is...
View ArticleBook Review: The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention...
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates is a book about the formation of the United States government and the arguments against its foundational document by Ralph Ketcham....
View ArticleGun Control Horrorism
In recent weeks, there have been several high-profile mass shootings in the United States. In Gilroy, Calif., on July 28, 2019, a man killed four and wounded 13 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival before...
View ArticleBook Review: Nemesis
Nemesis: The Jouvenelian Versus the Liberal Model of Human Orders is a book about Bertrand de Jouvenel’s model of political power and its further development by C.A. Bond. The book endeavors to show...
View ArticleBook Review: The Problem of Democracy
The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality is a dual biography of John Adams (1735–1826) and John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) (hereafter JQA, as in the book and many...
View ArticleAn Analysis of Cancel Culture
In several previous Zeroth Position articles, I have argued that social media platforms, payment processors, and other technology companies should be prevented from denying service to people who are...
View ArticleThe Next Hero of the Soviet Union
On December 18, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress by votes of 230–197–1 and 229–198–1,...
View ArticleAgainst Compulsory Delusion
On November 29, 2019, Quillette published an essay by Chang Che titled “The Case for Compulsory Voting” in which he argues that the right to vote is under attack and that making voting mandatory is the...
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