Distinguished Gentleman

As I was finishing up college and becoming a libertarian, I was very much immersed in the Rockwell-Mises universe. It could be exhilarating because they presented a worldview that was completely different than what society taught me. I even wrote a political science paper about the moral ambiguity of Abraham Lincoln. College was an interesting time because it was okay to be idealistic, and you could be rewarded for straying -somewhat- from social orthodoxy. My Marxists professors were radicals ...

On conspiracies, the human brain, and storytelling.

I recently attended a C4l meeting with a county commissioner. A God and country conservative, this fellow, and he had come to talk about local waste. So, of course, several people decided to pepper him with questions about chemtrails and international conspiracy, as if it were all related and within his jurisdiction. (please take the time to read this before spamming me with Alex Jones links.) I was a little embarrassed for ...