A Capitalist Social Security
We capitalists often find ourselves opposed to redistributionism and the social safety net. People who earn money ought to be allowed to keep the money they earn. It’s only fair,…
A Multi-Partisan Solution to Homelessness
I would like to share with you a crazy idea, an idea that just might solve homelessness for good. I have designed this idea very carefully to appeal to all…
The Perfect Healthcare System (with a 0% Chance of Ever Happening in the US)
Not to toot my own horn, but I’m going to toot my own horn. I applied my not inconsiderable intellect to the problem of this broken healthcare system we have…
An Internal Debate On Abortion
Abortion is one of the most contentious issues on the political landscape today. And yet I, who fancy myself pretty well opinionated on nearly every topic, have never really sat…
The REAL Meaning of Life: A Correction
In 2014, my family took a trip to Hawaii. Man, it was a great little vacation. We stayed at this hotel with a patio out back where we watched the…
We’re All Taylor Swift
I want to take you back. Remember the distant year 2013? Something happened that year that no one was expecting. Some millennial girl released a pop song and it wasn’t…
The Virtue of Pleasure
“The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.” The great Greek philosopher Aristippus was a…
Tyranny of the Left
“Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance.” Documentary filmmaker and psychologist Albert Maysles said that. For all my searching, I couldn’t get a firm story on the context, but he…
Motorcycles (are a Metaphor)
Once upon a time there was a man named Stuart. One day, Stuart is feeling terrible. He goes to the bathroom starts peeing blood and the pain in his intestines…
Let’s Kill the Old People(?)
Did you know that only 1 in 5 men and 1 in 3 women ever reach the age of 90? The average 90-year-old lives in a care facility staffed by…