"You benefit from government services, so…"
”I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
The above quote encapsulates the answer with which liberty activists are often met. We are reminded of how much we owe to our various levels of government. Have you been recently accosted? Of course not, because your tax …
"Indian Givers"
Why do we from the U.S. sometimes call people ”Indian givers”? Is it because a generation’s worth of experience with the cutthroat prices of 7-11 and the Holiday Inn have convinced us the term is an oxymoron?
As it turns out, no; in fact, it doesn’t even have anything to do with India. According …
The Devil in the Details
There’s something both precious and painful about evenings out with my fellow teachers at school. All of us so clearly desire, and desire badly, to be friends, because we are all living in a foreign country far from home’s shores, and we consequently know that the immediately available pool of English-speaking Christians from which …
Terrorists' rights: An apology
Above: ”Achmed, they’ve just subpoena’d Osama!”
You could quite justifiably tell me I’m a little late to discuss whether captured terrorists should be allowed full trials according to American law; after all, the Supreme Court ruled the answer to be a big old Yes well over a year ago now.
But I’ve got something to get off …