Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Environment, Methodology on Apr 2nd, 2012
I see that many folks decided to turn down their light-bulbs and instead use candles. To which I can only ask: does anyone know if candles are worse for the environment than light bulbs powered even by coal-fired nuclear plants. Hint: look at the prices. Has anyone bothered to research this, or was this the […]
Posted in Religion, Taxation, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Apr 2nd, 2012
OK, so I exaggerate, but here’s the image: If virtually half of Americans pay no income taxes, then it is impossible for them to “receive the gains” from any income tax reductions. And when we have a progressive tax system, it is virtually impossible for reductions in taxes to be progressive, they have to be […]
Posted in Education, Methodology on Apr 2nd, 2012
Open up any college course catalog. Check out the course titles. And ask yourself: what will I learn in this course? If you saw a course titled “Unicycle Justice” what would you think you were going to learn? Well, something about unicycles I am sure. And if you took a philosophy course on Unicycle Justice, […]
