Monday I am a free man, beholden to no tribe, group, country, state, territory or government save that which I choose of my own volition. I am beholden to no code, ideology, dogma, morality, logic, reason or law that is enforced by others, no matter who they are or what their claimed standing. I am not the property, chattel or subject of any external authority. I am … [Read more...]
They Know Not What They Do
Saturday The traditions of Islam and those of the West are entirely different. The West evolved into a free society that valued tolerance and self-responsibility, including the development of personal ethics and integrity. The legal system evolved to represent those views. The Christian Church encouraged (with notable lapses) the use of reason to interpret the scriptures … [Read more...]
Gold and Reason
Sunday Gold had a wholly unique impact on human development. Nothing else comes close in importance. Neither fire nor the wheel changed the world; humanity just got warmer and began to move and fight faster. Gold took diseased and brutal bipeds that lived little better than animals and transformed them into semi-rational beings who began to improve themselves and their … [Read more...]