The Physics of Moral Legislation: The Limited Basis for Making Laws

One of my readers suggested I treat the ‘relativity theory of truth’ that many generation Y people have adopted. This morality “theory” is often expressed this way, “What works for me is true for me and what works for you is true for you.” It strikes me first of all as a simple, true statement. We […]

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NE Primary Election 2018: Blasts from the GiN Past re Sen. Deb Fischer

I spent a bit of time recently researching the various Republican primary candidates challenging Senator Deb Fischer for the U.S. Senate seat she currently occupies.  In the process, I couldn't resist revisiting some vintage GiN.  And when I say that, I'm not talking about a dusty bottle of an adult beverage, but articles that were […]

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Who’s Attempting to Legislate Morality?

We encourage visitors to read the transcript from or listen to the audio of a brief statement from Pastor Bryan Clark of Lincoln Berean Church: “As I’m sure you’re aware, this is an election year. I’m sure you’re also aware that we are very divided as a nation. Our Pledge of Allegiance says that we […]

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Mises Institute President Jeff Deist: “We Have to Decentralize”

Last week, Mises Institute President Jeff Deist released a podcast featuring a discussion about the political future of libertarianism, advising libertarian activists to embrace decentralization and de-federalization as a foundational strategic goal. “The only way we can get along is to de-yoke from Washington,” Deist said on the Patriots Lament radio show. “We have to…

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Obamcare’s Gruber: It’s Not About Calling You Stupid

Economist Jonathan Gruber gained wide notoriety in November when it seemed that each new day revealed a new video of the MIT professor arrogantly crowing about his uber-insider participation in what he portrayed as deception of “too stupid” American voters and Congress in the effort to get the health care law passed. I think it […]

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The Role of Government, and Where Liberty Comes From

The confusion that arises due to not following the Constitution is confusion over the most basic idea in society: what is the role of government? Some believe it is to keep us safe. Some believe it is financial stability, both in the form of welfare and in central banks controlling the money supply.

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Government’s Getting Us Where it Wants Us — Eating Out of Its Hand

About the time I began homeschooling my two sons 12 years ago, there was a spoof of a “news” story circulating around the internet on homeschool discussion boards.  The fake newspaper article was a send-up of every argument leveled against homeschooling by teachers’ unions and other advocates for public education who insisted homeschooling needed to… more

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