2026-03-26
2026-03-25
Why Marxism Is Incoherent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UEJKhrt-aM
Political theories often obscure what is really going on. At its core, the issue comes down to whether individuals or the government should make decisions—and, consequently, whether individuals or the government should pay for services. When the government pays for a service, it reduces individual choice.
For example, if the government provided refrigerators, you might not like the ones it offers. However, your taxes would still go toward funding those refrigerators, regardless of whether you choose to buy a different one. This argument can be applied to education, yet few people believe that education should be entirely private.
A case can be made for many public services. Likewise, some burdens are easier to manage when they are shared collectively.
2026-03-24
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2026-03-21
Nicholas Brendon dies at 54: Cause of death revealed
I was a fan of Nicholas Brendon because he played Xander Harris on the series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. This is a far better show than most people realize, and he played an important character.
After the series, he reportedly had trouble getting roles and struggled with alcoholism.
The Buffy director and writer Joss Whedon has been brilliant in most of the shows and movies he has worked on. However, he has fallen out of favor in Hollywood for claims of being abusive to some actors.
Diego Garcia
Iran sent two missiles toward Diego Garcia. It is a joint British and American military base in the Indian Ocean, 2500 miles from Iran. Reportedly, Iran's missiles only have a range of 2000 miles. The news speculates that Iran has more missile capability than we thought.
One missile failed and the other was shot down.
2026-03-20
2026-03-19
The nation is accelerating its self-assassination
Thomas Jefferson said spending money to be repaid by posterity is "swindling futurity on a large scale." There is, however, no injustice in borrowing from the future to fund public goods — those from which all citizens, present and future, will benefit. Such goods — physical (roads, dams, harbors, defense) and intellectual (education, scientific research) — are the infrastructure enabling society's dynamism. The swindle that has become normal is perpetrated by generations in power funding their consumption of government goods by burdening — borrowing from — future generations.
This practice stores up risk. The higher the national debt as a percentage of GDP, the less leeway government has to respond to recessions or other economic shocks. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says the government entered the last two recessions with the national debt at 35 percent and 80 percent of GDP, respectively. Today it is 100 percent.
If we have banished the business cycle, relax. If not … "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself," said the physicist Richard Feynman, "and you are the easiest person to fool."
This practice stores up risk. The higher the national debt as a percentage of GDP, the less leeway government has to respond to recessions or other economic shocks. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says the government entered the last two recessions with the national debt at 35 percent and 80 percent of GDP, respectively. Today it is 100 percent.
If we have banished the business cycle, relax. If not … "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself," said the physicist Richard Feynman, "and you are the easiest person to fool."
2026-03-18
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2026-03-15
This One Ingredient Wrecks Your Liver
Regular sugar, sucrose, is a disaccharide consisting of equal parts glucose and fructose. Chemically it is no different than high fructose corn syrup, which was developed as a cheaper form of sugar, mainly because of import tariffs on sugar.
2026-03-14
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2026-03-11
Not Another Star Trek Prequel! Star Trek: Year One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mn20Ys9V30
It has appeared to me that the current Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds, was working toward rebooting the original Star Trek series. The show has introduced new actors for Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and Scotty.
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