Quick Hit: The Ethics of Taking a Leak… Er, I Mean Leaking Classified Info
Leakers: scoundrels or heros? Trshmnstr weighs in.
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Property Taxes are the Single Worst Form of Taxation Ever Devised by Man
Posted by trshmnstr the terrible | Mar 7, 2017 | Opinion, Politics, Taxes
Appeals to fairness be damned. Ones right to property ownership is not subject to some balancing test against the desires of the community. Either land can be owned outright, or we are slaves captured by a do-gooding master.
Read MoreKulturkampf: The Importance of Sculpting Society
Posted by trshmnstr the terrible | Mar 2, 2017 | Opinion, Society
Without addressing the elements of our society most hostile to liberty, any handful of progress made will be fleeting, meaningless, and overwhelmed by the dump truck load of totalitarianism that has accumulated in the same duration.
Read MoreMonocle: A Guide for Users and Abusers
Posted by trshmnstr the terrible | Feb 27, 2017 | Admin
I’ve been asked to write a post to be used as an information hub for Monocle. I’ll give a quick explanation of what features Monocle has, some wishlist feature that Monocle should have sometime in the future, and how to install Monocle.
Read MoreA History Of American Public Education: Part 4 in a 4 Part Series
Posted by trshmnstr the terrible | Feb 23, 2017 | Education
Click here for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 Part 4: It’s Broke, so let’s Fix It Secularization of Public Schools While the Progressive Protestants did get the generic Protestant education implemented in the public schools, it was...
Read MoreA History Of American Public Education: Part 3 in a 4 Part Series
Posted by trshmnstr the terrible | Feb 22, 2017 | Education
For Part 1 and Part 2 Part 3: Taking the Reins A Mann with a Plan Through the mid-19th century, a group of educational reformers led by Horace Mann became interested in the Prussian model of education. The Prussians had slowly...
Read MoreA History Of American Public Education: Part 2 in a 4 Part Series
Posted by trshmnstr the terrible | Feb 21, 2017 | Education
For Part 1, go here . Part 2: Eugenics and Anti-Catholic Sentiment The other side of the Progressive movement was a secular philosophy anchored in the theories of Darwin and in an increased role of government. Social...
Read MoreA History Of American Public Education: Part 1 of 4
Posted by trshmnstr the terrible | Feb 20, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Congress, Education, Religion, Society
An explanation of some of the 19th Century factors that went into the whole-hog acceptance of compulsory public education, and a little bit of analysis of how to roll some of this back.
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