Vincent: I’m gonna take a piss. Mia: That’s a little bit more information than I needed, Vince, but go right ahead. – Pulp Fiction Too much information. The witty reply has become so popular it even has its own acronym, TMI. Snarky retort aside, is it true in a broader sense?[…] Read On
We have no problem turning a blind eye to human rights atrocities, until the spotlight turns on us. Over the past 24 hours all eyes have turned to Washington and Silicon Valley in the wake of the alleged brutal torture and murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The controversial[…] Read On
Since passing Prop 47 in 2014 California has decriminalized a wide variety of “non-serious, nonviolent” offenses involving theft, forgery, fraud and drugs, putting countless would-be felons back on the street. Cue the law of unintended consequences or, as the National Review put it, “What could possibly go wrong?” Surprise, crime[…] Read On
Who are you? If you have to think about the answer, you’re screwed. There’s a staggering amount of content written every day about the behavior and habits of the rich and famous. How to be successful and happy. Who you should be, what you should think, what you should do[…] Read On
This is Silicon Valley where libertarians are — brace yourself — liberals. How the heck did that happen? Was it something in the water? Too many drugs? Software eating their brains, along with everything else? Let me attempt to unravel this conundrum. Libertarians believe that government should be limited to[…] Read On
When someone answers a “why” question with “it’s complicated,” it’s a safe bet that it isn’t. You would think pretty much everyone’s heard the “keep it simple” or “less is more” message by now. The question is, why do we insist on making everything so damned complicated? We’re forever assigning[…] Read On
“My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.” – Ayn Rand Brooklyn’s Lincoln High School had an English teacher named Mrs.[…] Read On