In his treatise The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, the great Ludwig von Mises makes reference to “the cousins:” i.e., the relatives and assorted hangers-on of the families of the great industrialists: Even in these lucky families, the qualities required for the successful conduct of big business are not inherited by all sons and grandsons. As …
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Dec 24 2023
They Who Have Not Joy
There are…people whose entire mission in life is to despoil the lives of others. Any Gentle Reader of Liberty’s Torch will be able to name a few categories thereof. But just now, we’re seeing one of the most odious of all in inglorious death-dealing Technicolor®: the rabid anti-Semites who cheer whenever a “Palestinian” murders …
Jul 14 2023
A Striking Inversion
Apologies for yesterday’s absence, Gentle Reader. It was a “low” sort of day. Perhaps today will be better. At any rate, it’s starting better. And for openers, I’ve got an old “favorite” subject on my mind, about which Divemedic has a few words to say: The majority of domestic flights do not have accessible …
Jun 12 2023
You Are Not Special: A Defense Of Normality
The early-morning hours often bring me to a strange place. It’s not a particularly comfortable place. Yet from that vantage point I can see things that are not apparent at other times, when time itself seems speeded up and a welter of necessities press. And being who and what I am, I’m moved to …
May 17 2023
Virtue Envy
I’ve ranted about the perniciousness of envy a huge number of times. It’s an inexhaustible topic. But there’s an aspect of its evil force that deserves more consideration than I’ve given it to date. Consider the completely immaterial occurrence of envy: the envy of someone who is: Not richer than you; Not healthier …
May 01 2023
Homelands
Give a man a free house and he’ll bust out the windows – The Rainmakers, “Government Cheese” Just a couple of days back, Matt Bracken posted the following graphic: Apparently, there’s a mass migration of African Negroes to the Emerald Isle in progress. I wasn’t aware of it until recently. The graphic …
Oct 12 2022
What Drives A Megalomaniac?
The several pieces that Fran posted this week have prodded me to move forward with a conjecture that I have long felt needs to be shared. With the video featured below, Jordan Peterson spurred the bulk of what I will present to you today. I reacted favorably to his sudden realization that his predilection to …
Jul 05 2022
The Crux Of The Matter
crux n. a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point. The nature of Man underlies everything in human society. We build the societies we build because we are what we are, including how various characteristics are distributed among us. Most of us want to be left alone…mostly. But some of us can’t abide that. …
Sep 07 2021
On Going Too Far
Yesterday’s tirade about moderation reaped me an email objection I should have expected. My correspondent assumed that I had a “system” of some sort in mind, rather than a simple respect for the equilibrium principle that governs all things under the veil of time. The writer asked if I were about to advocate “Christian …
Sep 06 2021
A Deadly Shift In Emphasis
I am frequently impressed by Misanthropic Humanitarian’s selection of Quotes for the Day. Today is such an occasion: Those three quotes underscore one of the deadliest conceptual tragedies of recent times: the shift in emphasis from achievement to acquisition. I’m about to start sounding like a cranky old man, here – as I …
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