Republicans and Democrats Both Suck the Big One

Many months ago, I had a post that introduced something called the Groovy Curve. The Groovy Curve shows the relationship between government coercion and a citizen’s security and quality of life. When government coercion is nonexistent, a citizen’s security and quality of life are miserable. As government coercion grows to protect the peace and promote …

Our Culture Is Sabotaging the Stupid and the Easily Led

I really didn’t wake up health-wise and money-wise until I was almost 40. Prior to that, I practiced the standard American diet and the standard American approach to money management. But even though my culture was pushing me toward physical and fiscal trouble in old age, there were parts of my culture that had my …

Is There a FIRE Gene?

For the last half of 2022, I had a very undisciplined mouth. My one cheat day per week on the no sugar, no refined carb front became my three or four cheat days per week. The result of this gastro profligacy was all too predictable. I ended 2022 thirteen pounds over my preferred weight—193 versus …

Do Bad People Have Rights?

A few years back, a popular saying in the woke community was that “It’s okay to punch a fascist.” Why? Why is it okay to punch a fascist? Dyed-in-the-wool fascists no doubt embrace an odious political philosophy. That is clear to all but the most morally obtuse. But fascism is materially no different than communism. …