Maybe U.S. energy independence isn't such a great thing after all. Some years ago, when the American political class was whooping it up for war with China, what stopped the push were the American commercial interests who essentially said, "What, are you crazy? This is bad for business. We need ...read more

I had previously heard nothing about the tragic and remarkable case of Andrew Wordes of Roswell, Ga., who set his house on fire and blew it and himself up as police arrived to evict him from his foreclosed-upon home. It was Agora's 5 Min. Forecast that alerted me to the ...read more

Trayvon Martin had it coming. We read those words to that effect from an article linked to by a libertarian website we visit very regularly. “In Zimmerman’s case, Martin was an athletic six-foot-two-inch tall football player that had him on his back pounding on him. Martin got what he deserved.” So wrote Paul ...read more

Whatever good you have heard about The Hunger Games, the reality is more spectacular. Not only is this the literary phenom of our time -- the number 1, 2, and 3 best seller on every list -- but the movie that created near pandemonium for a week from its opening ...read more

The Feds have been shutting down websites again. The Canadian gambling site bodog.com thought it had the whole thing figured out. If you stay in Canada, use Canadian servers, block anyone inside U.S. territory from using the site and make sure that you don't use any American vendors for anything -- ...read more

Gary Gibson, Minneapolis, Minnesota... Camping doesn't count as experiencing nature. The natural world may look wonderful from a distance...or up close when experienced temporarily and with the benefit of modern camping gear... But nature is in fact brutal and distinctly unpleasant. In "nature" lives are uncomfortable and unsure and notoriously short. Homes are ...read more

No one is immune to the surveillance state. Whether you're a prepper, alternative news buff, or none of the above, the government wants to know what you're doing. "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." If there ever existed individuals and groups that threatened the status quo ...read more

The concept of government power is a strange and complex cipher. The existence of governments has always been predicated on assumptions of necessity, but few societies have ever truly considered what those necessities might be. What is government actually good for? What do they do that is so important? And, ...read more

Ah, what a weekend, with blue skies, singing birds, budding cherry blossoms, and the government's announcement that it has totalitarian control over everything. Wait, what was that last thing? It was an Executive Order released late Friday that no one on the planet seemed to notice until about 30 hours ...read more

Remember that battle over SOPA, in which the world's largest websites beat back a congressional threat that would have changed the Internet forever? It was pretty obvious within a day after this Pyrrhic victory that the existing laws in place were enough to give the government the power to wreck ...read more