Romanian Christmas Traditions: the Pig
Trigger warning: images of butchered animal of the porcine variety.
Read MoreAuthor: PieInTheSky
Liberty and the invention of the Internet
Hello and welcome to Pie Ponders, in which Pie – that is me for those who destroyed too many neurons with alcohol– raises questions on various topics of great importance.
Read MoreThe Enlightenment in the 21st Century
Now don’t get me wrong. I like the environment. I even live in it. I like mountains and forests and lakes and rivers as such. I am not pro pollution, although CO2 as pollution is sort of debatable. What I do not like is the quasi-religious aspect of the movement and, in reference to the text I have written, the miserabilist aspects. The green movement does not seem to be “let’s see what we can do to best preserve the world and keep our comfort, given the various trade-offs”.
Read MoreAgainst the Common Good
Just as meaningless and ill-defined as common sense, and equally chucked about in debate, is the notion of common good, which, again, superficially sounds nice. I mean what kind of antisocial monster is against the common good, the good of all? Well me apparently. Hitler and Stalin and Pol Pot on the other hand were all for the common good…
Read MoreA Tour of Pie’s Place Part Deux: New and Old in Bucharest
PieInTheSky continues the special tour of his home city.
Read MoreA thought on competition and the public sector
Hello and welcome back to Pie ponders in which Pie tries to understand things. (Image: Artist’s depiction of Pie pondering. Ladies, can you believe he’s single?!)
Read MoreIs there no Malt in Scotland?
PieInTheSky takes us along on his drinking binge, er, vacation to Scotland.
Read MoreLibertarianism and personal morality
Libertarians often have to repeat, ad nauseam, that libertarianism is, at its core, a political philosophy, not necessarily a personal behavior one, although, to be fair, the two spheres may touch.
Read MorePractical immigration policies
We must also keep in mind, not being libertopia, there are political constraints.
Read MoreLet’s drink to the EU elections
I had a partial article on the EU elections and a partial one on beer reviews and decided to mash them up as a Mexican sharpshooter pastiche. Dunno if it is any good.
Enact your own labor and decide for yourself.
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