Tag: Belief

Alternatives to Western Civilization … Give up Freedom

January 4, 2021
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There are three types of alternatives to western civilization: scientism, sentimentalized “religion of humanity,” and Islam. Each of these competitors undermines liberty. The first two are internal and damaging to the West. The last is external and utterly incompatible. The common element among them is faith. “Scientism” is the various forms of socialist ideology with … Read more

Why Does Government Spending Impede Progress

September 11, 2020September 10, 2020

Why does government spending impede progress? Many people will argue incorrectly that it doesn’t. Here’s why big government is a problem in one easy lesson. What entrepreneurs and dreamers envision often faces wide ridicule. Family, friends and investors often do not share the vision or the insight. Think about this. Coming out of WWII the … Read more

People are unhappier than at any time since data began to be collected. Why is that?

March 4, 2020 Skip

Reuters reports in 2019 “Suicidal thinking, severe depression and rates of self-injury among U.S. college students more than doubled over less than a decade.”

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Is it Possible to Make a Moral World with Reason Alone?

March 1, 2020

There are lots of people today who believe reason is all we need to be moral. But is it really possible to make a moral world with reason alone? Does rationality take the place of faith, belief structure?

The Religion of Government

July 16, 2019

Does it ever feel to you like everything not prohibited is required? The average American declares he is a free man, but is that declaration now more pretense than reality? Can we be free in a place where more and more is of, for and by the state? In a place where virtually nothing is outside … Read more