Freedom
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Introduction
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
What I am going to be talking about here is freedom. Not in the sense of Preserving Our Liberties and Fighting The Great Government Conspiracies, but the things that really impact our personal lives.
Not that government encroachment on our traditional liberty isn’t a worrying trend, and I may touch on it now and then, but [...]
Why Freedom?
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Freedom and happiness seem to be intertwined, at least in the Western world. How much freedom a person needs to be happy varies from person to person (and frequently doesn’t correlate with how much freedom they say they need) but with certain exceptions we all want choices in our life.
Sometimes the freedom [...]
Independence Day
Sunday, March 4th, 2007The best way to maximize your freedom, to give yourself the most choice in how you live your life, is to be financially independent. That’s not quite the same as being rich and it’s a long way from having a high income, though a high income can certainly help you achieve financial independence if [...]
Home Sweet Home
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007News stories about the collapse–or at least contraction–of the mortgage banking industry are once again in season. Foreclosures are up and foreclosures are bad for everyone. Families lose their homes and banks get stuck owning houses they don’t want. My sympathies would be with the families, except that it’s partly their fault.
The [...]
Oops
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007Well. I didn’t mean for this to happen.
In The Beginning, So At The End
Monday, September 3rd, 2007We all start our lives with a very narrow focus. First the womb, than which it doesn’t get much narrower. Even after make it to the outside, our worlds are narrowly focused on eating and breathing. We can’t even move, just lie there and hope nourishment is brought to us. Our [...]
Rogue’s Gallery
Monday, December 31st, 2007When I look at the herd of Presidential aspirants, my main thought is, “Good god, one of these is going to be President?”
At times like this I wish it were possible to vote “None of the Above.” And if NOTA won, the office would sit vacant while the electoral process started over again. [...]
Decisive Action
Monday, February 11th, 2008My son has what many people would consider a surprising, and probably inappropriate, amount of decision-making power. He is, as likely as not, the one to pick what we’re going to eat on Friday night. He picks out nearly all of his own toy, and always has. He has some say in [...]
Freedom Begins With ‘No.’
Monday, February 18th, 2008If you want to have any time to yourself, it helps to be an asshole.
You know how it is. Everyone wants a little piece of you. The boss wants you to work late, your co-workers want you to help with their projects, and your spouse wants you to run errands and do chores [...]
Toddler Lockdown
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008Having a baby limits your personal freedom more than just about anything this side of a prison sentence. It’s a life sentence too, with the possibility of parole after eighteen or twenty years. If you’re lucky.
Those of you with children know what I’m talking about. For the benefit of the rest, I [...]