by Jason Sorens | Mar 11, 2015 | NH Life & Issues
Paternalism means forcing someone to do something, or not to do something, for that person’s own good. For instance, a vigilante paternalist might go around slapping cigarettes out of people’s hands. The government often engages in paternalism to deny...
by Jason Sorens | Mar 8, 2015 | NH Life & Issues
Let’s assume that we have a moral duty to help others from time to time, at least when it is not too costly for us to do so. That’s what I really believe. Now, is such a moral duty enforceable? Is it OK to use coercion to make someone do good for others?...
by Carla Gericke | Dec 15, 2014 | NH Life & Issues
#1: All the Woolen Underthings When confronted with your first New Hampshire winter, everyone will tell you to invest in woolen undergarments. Everyone will tell you to, but YOU will ignore this advice for at least the first if not the second winter. You will say:...
by Emmett Harris | Jul 13, 2014 | NH Life & Issues
In 1787, when asked about his opinion of the Philadelphia constitutional proceedings happening in secret, Patrick Henry famously replied, “I smell a rat!” Henry opposed the proposed Constitution because he feared it would centralize power in a strong national...
by Editor | Jun 12, 2014 | Blockchain & Crytpocurrency, Media Coverage
From Forbes, by Kashmir Hill: Long before billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel dreamed up the idea of a floating libertarian island nation, a 24-year-old Yale grad student named Jason Sorens proposed a far more down-to-earth experiment for those who wanted to...
by Carla Gericke | Sep 13, 2013 | NH Life & Issues
On Monday, September 9, 2013, the City Council of Concord approved the grant application to receive a Ballistic Engineered Armored Counter Attack Truck. The 11-4 vote defied the will of the community, ignoring the more than 1,500 petition signatures collected by...
