I don’t think today’s economic crisis will turn much worse (unless, you know, we keep digging ourselves into deeper holes with bailouts that reward failure), but just in case it does, I’ve been thinking about what it would be like to live in a world without government and a reliance on a fiat currency like the dollar.
Without the “trade value” of the dollar – in which dollars can still be traded for other goods and services – in a true economic collapse, the dollar’s value would be downgraded simply to …

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Me and Aaron Robertson wrote some Thanksgiving Reflections over at our company blog, so you know what I’m thankful for.
What about you? Tell me here.

Recently, on the BipolarNation.com Forums, BorderJumper said this:
Are you suggesting a complete privatization of the educational system?
I had a few questions like this back when I wrote my column about the system, so I’ll pretty much answer it in this post.
Yes, I’m suggesting a complete privatization of the educational system, an abolishing of the worthless Department of Education, and at the very least – the very least, mind you – having the government, instead of teaching us, give parents money to spend on education.
I can see how Big Education teachers …

The big headline at Drudge this morning is “RUSSIAN ANALYST PREDICTS DECLINE AND BREAKUP OF USA,” in characteristic capital letters.
Ugh. Sheesh, really? I clicked on through.
Asked why he expected the U.S. to break up into separate parts, he said: “A whole range of reasons. Firstly, the financial problems in the U.S. will get worse. Millions of citizens there have lost their savings. Prices and unemployment are on the rise. General Motors and Ford are on the verge of collapse, and this means that whole cities will be left …

At the Democratic National Convention earlier this year, when Barack Obama accepted the Dem nomination for President, he said he would recruit an army of teachers, presumably feeding the machine that is already Big Education.
Yet when it came time to pick a new school for his Washington-bound daughter duo, the choice was clear.
So B. Hussein and Michelle chose the private Sidwell Friends School in the Columbian District, where tuition is $29,000 a year. Hey, when it comes to education, you get what you pay for. Isn’t that right, …

Also known as “H20.”
Penn and Teller start a petition to ban water.
Like Penn says, this might say more about peoples’ tendency to respond to social pressure than actually wanting to ban water. But it’s still funny.

With all of the hibbity goo about “equal rights” for homosexuals these days, let’s take a look at one gay man’s definition of equal rights:
Getting eHarmony.com to offer same-sex dating.
Coming soon to EHarmony — Adam and Steve.
The Pasadena-based dating website, heavily promoted by Christian evangelical leaders when it was founded, has agreed in a civil rights settlement to give up its heterosexuals-only policy and offer same-sex matches.
EHarmony was started by psychologist Neil Clark Warren, who is known for his mild-mannered television and radio advertisements. It must not only implement the …

Liberals remind me of the old Henry Ford quote, when he said (paraphrased) “the customer can have any color he wants – as long as it’s black.” To liberals, you can protest all you want, and as violently as you want – as long as you’re protecting on behalf of some liberal sacred cow like gay marriage or the imagined right to choose.
Case in point: New York City is considering legislation that would create a 15-foot “buffer zone” between abortion protesters and clinics.
As Michelle Malkin notes, pro-gay rights …

Y’all know that, like any other reasonable and logical person, I’m a Star Trek fan, right? Well, an interesting thing is happening to the franchise – it’s getting a re-boot, modern-day Batman style.

Daily Mail sez:
The eagerly anticipated Star Trek film is set to cast off the geeky associations of the sci-fi genre with a handsome cast, vicious fights and sex scenes.
A trailer for the new movie was released online on Monday, no doubt fuelling the excitement of Trekkies around the world ahead of the film’s release next year.
The fast-paced …

Let the American automakers fail. Or succeed. Or continue to struggle. Whatever. Just let them be, without government assistance.
But if they fail, who cares? That’ll learn ‘em. And that’ll learn us for allowing an organization like UAW – the United Auto Workers – take the kind of power over these big-time employers that they had taken.
Labor unions have a noble purpose – negotiating for the improved pay, benefits, and conditions of the backbone of the economy: our laborers.
But many unions don’t …