According to the FBI, the national rate of violent crime is 386 per 100,000. The national rate of arrest is about 3,888 per 100,000. Subtract arrests for violent & property crimes (the only potentially

Here I'm going to attempt to answer the first mover argument. The first mover concept is argued as follows: “Oh, so the universe just created itself? That’s your answer? Everything just came from nothing?

When you go shopping, do you think you have the right to decide both sides of the deal? Do you have the right to decide what to pay, and what the seller has to give you? And if you don't think he's offering

“Money is the root of all evil”. I keep hearing this nonsense. Money is just a medium of exchange, so we don’t have to pay for cell phone service using barrels of fish. It’s a means through which a complex

Shot at 8:20 pm on August 8, 2016. View west from the Medina neighborhood, Bellevue, WA. Canon 70-D, Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L IS lens, 100mm focal length, ISO 100, f/4.5, 10 sec exposure.   

Pearrygin Creek is located in the Methow Wildlife Area, east of Winthrop, WA. Taken 8/14/2017. Canon 5Dsr  28mm focal length, Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 2 sec. f/22, ISO 100 Getting the shot: Glacial

I used to be regularly active on Steemit, preaching my anti-government rhetoric and getting paid for it. I've been quite busy over the last year, as I am 21 and, around the beginning of April; about to

Universal Basic Income (UBI), as a concept, is not only unethical, it is wholly counterproductive. " Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for life." This

Here in Puget Sound country winter is relatively mild. While it is not too cold and does not snow often, it is dark and gray and rainy and long. We natives walk around wearing red and black plaid wool

Certain anarchists, particularly me, are loathed and reviled for expressing the sentiment that your self-ownership begins at the moment you come into existence, which implies that children have all the

At some point in your life, you've probably heard somebody recite this thoughtless phrase: "Taxation is the price we pay to live in a civilized society." A more backwards statement has never

How I Pissed Off Rosie O'Donnell When I was fourteen, I spent a semester at military school. Military school is a lot like if prison were combined with boot camp, and a slight educational theme sprinkled

Democracy: Worse Than Monarchy? Coming from me, it goes without saying that no form of government is acceptable. To govern another individual predicates ownership of a person to belong to somebody other

Democracy: Worse Than Monarchy? Coming from me, it goes without saying that no form of government is acceptable. To govern another individual predicates ownership of a person to belong to somebody other

Humanity has been slicing young penises for thousands of years. Some parents do it for religious reasons, some do it because the doctor advised them to, and some do it because the father insisted his son

In 2011. Somalia had no established and internationally recognized government. In 2011, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime did a study on intentional homicide rates. According to this study,

I'm going to get a lot of shit for this, but please, hear me out for a minute. Ron Paul, by using his government office and campaigns, got millions of people interested in libertarianism, and subsequently

I originally posted an article entitled "Is It Evil To Join The Military", found here: I was then responded to with a post by BlakeMiles84, found here: Here is my video response.

Assault Weapons From Vending Machines? First, just imagine it. You're back in high school, hanging out in the hallway. You walk over to the snack machines and glance over the items. You flatten out your