Category Archives: Opinion Pieces and Editorials

Where we are allowed to share our opinions with others.

Can I get a toy and a senior discount on my Happy Meal?

Posted on October 23, 2017 by LuckyWeasel

Freedom and slavery are but illusions. Freedom is just an illusion where order is arrived through informed consent and slavery is simply order where consent is irrelevant. We like order, but we implicity understand that it is not perfect. We … Continue reading →

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Taking a Hiatus

Posted on October 21, 2017 by admin

Recently I talked about dropping out of the rat race, and why some young people who were doing this had my sympathy. One comment that kept recurring was that they had better not try to drop back in, once they … Continue reading →

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Benefits of Risk Taking

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Aya Katz

The social, pediatric and medical policies that have been circulating in the United States in the past several decades and up to the present have had the tendency to penalize health, intelligence and success in favor of sickness, lowered cognitive … Continue reading →

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Remembering Amnon Katz

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Aya Katz

My father, Amnon Katz, died seventeen years ago today. It was October 3, 2000. His helicopter crashed and he was killed instantly. There were no other people on board. It was an experimental helicopter he had built with his students … Continue reading →

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Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Aya Katz

[This article was first published in 2013 on a website that has since gone defunct.]   What is it about pirates? Why are people so attracted to them? Why is today, September 19, celebrated by some people  as talk-like-a-pirate-day? In … Continue reading →

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Gleaning from the Book of Ruth

Posted on August 18, 2017 by admin

When I teach a course in Biblical Hebrew, I always base it on the Book of Ruth. Why? Because it’s a short book, uses simple and poetic language and is very down to earth. There are no miracles or divine … Continue reading →

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I’d Rather Be Free — A Song from THE DEBT COLLECTOR

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Aya Katz

Not everyone would rather be free. Even if most of us think we would like to be free, very few of us would be willing to pay the ultimate price for our liberty. Not everyone prefers death to loss of … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Carol Revisited

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Aya Katz

A Christmas Carol Revisited: Analyzing George C. Scott’s Scrooge [This article was originally published on Hubpages in 2010 and eventually de-indexed.] An Excerpt from A Christmas Carol “At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,” said the gentleman, taking … Continue reading →

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Songs From the Debt Collector, A Libertarian Musical

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Aya Katz

Nobody in The Debt Collector is a saint, but nobody is irredeemable. Take Lottie Lark, the welfare mother. When one of her children shoplifts, Lottie reprimands the child and explains that it is not necessary to steal, because the law already provides them with everything they need at other people’s expense. The Larks are law abiding people. Continue reading →

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Should the World Be Run By a Giant Computer?

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Aya Katz

Should the world we live in be run by a giant computer? Personally, I’d have to say no. But that’s just me. Not everybody agrees. For instance, right here on hubpages, there’s a hub that features a video dedicated to the proposition that all our economic problems would be solved if we gave up our current form of government and just let a computer decide how to allocate resources. There’s even a catchy slogan: “Every problem is a technical problem.” Continue reading →

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