Money Can and Should Be Private PropertyJeffrey TuckerJul. 10, 2013 |
House Passes $95B Foreign Aid Giveaway to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, Combined With TikTok Ban
Senate Passes FISA Spying Bill, Includes New Measure to Turn U.S. Businesses Into NSA Spies
AP: 'Israeli Strikes on Gaza City of Rafah Kill 22, Mostly Children, as U.S. Advances Aid Package'
John Podhoretz Demands National Guard Be Sent Into Columbia U to Put Down Pro-Palestine Protests
The Guardian on Papua New Guinea Cannibalism: People Were Eaten 'Out of Respect'
I was daydreaming over the weekend. The subject: notable intellectual epiphanies I’ve experienced in the course of my life. These are moments when someone reveals something to you that shakes you up. It runs contrary to everything you ever thought possible. You resist it at first, but can’t come up with a proof to the contrary. Finally, you embrace it, even with some discomfort. As the insight settles in, the world seems like a different place. You never shake off an epiphany, and you don’t really want to. It haunts you forever. Bitcoin is one of those. Well, not directly. But had it not been for another epiphany, I would have paid no attention to the gaggle of geeks and their squawking about some new Internet money. Read More |