Libertarianism
I’m often challenged by Libertarians to define precisely what’s wrong with their political philosophy. I normally respond in terms of macroeconomic issues, we all live in a society in which it makes no sense to privatize things like national defense, the national highway system, and FAA, FEMA, etc.
Here is a “micro” example: 10 year old kids working (without overtime) until 2 AM at a few McDonald’s restaurants in Kentucky.
I want to live in a country in which there are child labor laws that supersede the greed of McDonalds’ franchisees. Little kids, even those in desperately poor families, should be home, asleep, resting for their next day in school, rather than serving up French fries.
Those who can’t understand this are beyond repair.
The conviction of the top echelon of the white nationalist “Proud Boys” reminds us all that the largest element of their crime was that they trusted Donald Trump, the man who told them that he was the rightful president of the United States, when he commanded them into action.
The question above suggests that the suspect, at least at some point, beat his wife.
Here’s a piece on a subject we haven’t talked too much about recently: 
As our educational system continues to fall into an abyss, more and more Americans lack a basic understanding of science, and thus accept ideas like this as perfectly feasible.
Remind me to stay far away from this guy’s house.
At left is something that I hope you will find to be worth your time.
At left is the clock tower of the William Penn Charter School, founded in Philadelphia in 1689. Tomorrow I’ll be traveling back there for my 50th reunion.
Kathi Horton sent the meme here and adds, “Yet another reason not to go EV at this point – they really haven’t thought through all the impacts of this technology.”
Think of the context in which Marcus Aurelius said these words 1900 years ago.
