Archive for April, 2008

It has been eight busy days since the last post, and it will likely be eight more busy days before the next one.  This is just an update to let people know that I am still here.  I will hopefully have more content after next week.

One of the essential ingredients for economic development, in tribes and nations, is a fair and reliable set of property rights. If nobody feels secure in their possessions, nobody will produce anything or build any wealth. We must exercise control and ownership over the fruits of our labors. Otherwise, whatever we produce […]

Since upgrading to the latest version of Wordpress, my comments section is broken.  If anyone leaves comments, they go into a queue which I don’t seem able to access at this time.  Thus I can’t approve them.  Until I get this fixed, I encourage interested people to e-mail me rather than leaving a comment.  The […]

When I was an early teenager, I was shocked at the news of “satanic ritual abuse” being reported by media and also dramatized in paperback books written as exposés.  I determined at that time that when I grew up I would become a super hero and rescue the poor victims and bring street justice to […]

One of the most common criticisms that skeptics raise against the Bible is that it is self-contradictory.  Being a big fan of logic, I used to spend a lot of time and thought trying to reconcile these perceived contradictions.  Then I became an entrepreneur.  Studying books and articles about business, I learned that the most […]

I finished cleaning up some coding problems on the Bible pages, and in doing so discovered that three pages had been blank.  2 Chronicles 1, Joel 4, and Matthew 24 were empty files.  Those have been fixed so now, to the best of my knowledge, the Bible pages are complete and error-free.

I have found that when I attempt to do something very difficult, it often leads me to an epiphany of innovation and invention. There are always ways to make difficult tasks easy, and if a way doesn’t exist now, it will as soon as enough people face the problem and decide to invent a […]

Before I started actively maintaining this website again last December, I read all the articles on Steve Pavlina’s website. Among the most thought-provoking were his series about subjective reality, the law of attraction, and intention and manifestation. If you search his site for these terms, you’ll catch up quickly on the subjects. […]

The other day I learned about the existence of Freegans. These are 21st century hippies based in New York City, what I would call ecologically sensitive economists. Or in their own words,
Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of […]

April is the peak month for our business, so I may not have time to write any lengthy articles.  Instead, I will try to post a brief daily thought until the season slows a bit.
Many small business owners have realized that operating a business from home cuts overhead compared to operating a business on Main […]