A republish from a site that is now 404. After hearing so many times that if taxes were only lower, private charity would take up social welfare, I decided to examine the numbers and see how that plays out in the real world. I was prepared to find out I was wrong in my believe that this is a myth. Turns out, I wasn't.... [More]

A common refrain from the libertarian right in the US is that government should get out of the way and let the free market handle everything, from road construction to charity and social welfare. Should it?... [More]

JH tears apart a nationalist FB meme that pushes selfishness over humanity, and offers up both a look at what's going on "In America," and what *could* be, if we want to make it happen.... [More]

"Doesn't make much sense, does it?" People post status messages bitching about helping other countries before helping "our own," but those same people can't be bothered to share a link or donate five bucks to help one of "their own."... [More]

The most difficult video I will ever make. I hope.... [More]

Dear God: If you're out there and answer to this name, would you please perform some miracle or great work which allows the genuinely frustrated but badly misinformed segment of our population which refers to itself as "The Tea Party" to understand that the candidates who they've endorse... [More]

This is a video I actually did around Christmas of 2009, but somehow it never ended up here. So, I thought I’d go ahead and post it. Comments, as always, are welcome.... [More]

My final argument in favor of Barack Obama for President of the United States... [More]

Chiari Type 1 is a little-known, little-understood birth defect. If you can help with this, please do.... [More]