Humanists assert there are no gods, but that a non-god morality is still possible. Herewith, a straw man, based on different assumptions, to the ones I hold myself. Evolutionists assert that evolution is undirected, and without external meaning. That competition to reproduce is the driving factor. That there is no intrinsic… Read More »The Humanist Delusion
French economist Frédéric Bastiat, in his 1850 essay “The Balance of Trade” (#13 in “Selected Essays on Political Economy” attempts to debunk the mercantilist view of François Mauguin who prefers that their nation of France exports more than it imports. However, once we unpack the clever packaging of Bastiat’s narrative,… Read More »Is Bastiat a Englishman?
I’m fascinated by the narrative conflict around whether the police should be construed as the agents of the state enemy, or else as the also-human guys doing a necessary job. The calls from some sections of the US left, to defund or disband the police indicates the idea of having… Read More »Whose side are the police on?