Lifetime Actor (glossary entry)

I recently heard a podcast (I can’t remember which one!!) in which someone described Hillary Clinton and many others as “lifetime actors.” It took me a bit to understand fully what was meant, but I think I really got it the last time I listened to the youtube video below of Hillary audio captured long, (more…)

Chekhov’s Gun (new glossary entry)

Earlier this year I highlighted a report that Judicial Watch had gotten direct access to Hillary Clinton’s emails as well as permission to depose witnesses, perhaps even Hillary herself. In my law school training, I had never seen anything like this, nor have I ever read any other story like this. I have yet to (more…)

GMO Labeling, the Obvious Libertarian Solution

Unfortunately, the debate over GMO labeling continues in the form of “to label or not to label” and is focused on the federal government. As is typical, stipulating that this is an issue on which the federal government should decide for all, has backfired. Calls for GMO labeling at state, local and federal levels has (more…)

The Tyson Zone (new glossary entry)

Tyson Zone h/t EB: “This election cycle has reached the Tyson Zone.” The point at which a celebrity’s behavior becomes so insane, that there is literally nothing he could do that would shock or surprise you, or indeed any human being. So named after boxer Mike Tyson, who at one time was the heavyweight boxing (more…)

Consentism: A Motion to Re-brand Anarcho Capitalism by Rich Clarke

I hate it when the opposition hijacks language such as when collectivists decided to call themselves “liberals” co-opting the term from classical liberals akin to our founders or when the left calls corruption and privilege “capitalism” instead of cronyism. Eventually if there’s no word for something it will cease to exist so I don’t want (more…)