Free Marketers vs. Vulgar Libertarians

By Jake Recktenwald Rational Anarchy I recently stumbled upon this debate between Patrick Smith, a vulgar libertarian, and Mike Shipley, a comrade and libertarian who does great activist work. Smith, unsurprisingly, says some very dumb things that require rebuttal. This is not to say, of course, that Mike […]

Sympathy For Soleimani

By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley A preemptive strike, that’s what white people call terrorism, and that’s apparently what transpired this Thursday on the tarmac of the Baghdad International Airport. A preemptive drone strike, ordered by our president, murdered General Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most […]

California Is Booming. But Californians Are Unhappy

The New York Times Conor Dougherty Fire, garbage and homelessness increasingly plague the Golden State. SAN FRANCISCO — Christine Johnson, a public-finance consultant with an engineering degree, was running for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She crisscrossed her downtown district talking about her plans […]

Many Japanese children refuse to go to school

Alessia Cerantola BBC In Japan, more and more children are refusing to go to school, a phenomenon called “futoko”. As the numbers keep rising, people are asking if it’s a reflection of the school system, rather than a problem with the pupils themselves. Ten-year-old Yuta Ito waited until […]