Google can tell us many things: how to spell, what word or phrase we might have meant, etc… One of its newest–and I think best–features is its auto complete feature that completes your thoughts for you. It does this by basically taking what you’ve written and matching it up with what the most people have [...]
14Feb09
I am extremely…
By: Barry Belmont
10Feb09
The Free Market and Medicine
By: John Russell
This week will be discussing a very relevant topic of health care and the market. We’ll address such questions as: Should you be allowed to sell your organs (blood?), Should health care be free? Who should own a body once it’s dead? So go ahead and check it out! It is hosted by our very [...]
10Feb09
Recap: Philosophy of Liberty
By: John Russell
Many times throughout the year and a half this club has been around, we have had some great discussions at great meetings. In order to fully appreciate and understand everything that was said, I would like to invite members to recap on what transpired in order to allow others who may have missed the meeting [...]
6Feb09
Caution: Zombies Ahead
By: Barry Belmont
When, in the course of human affairs, it becomes necessary to take action and warn those we love most of an impending threat whose nature we cannot fully comprehend but whose terror shakes us to the very core; when there are no long rules or rulers only survival and survivors; when the fabric of human [...]
28Jan09
The Philosophy of Liberty
By: John Russell
Come join the Students for Liberty in the first meeting of the year as we get back to the basics and uncover of the principles of liberty and freedom from a Lockean perspective, as well as the perspective of John Stuart Mill. Afterward, we will challenge the status quo ante and test the same basic [...]
By: Barry Belmont
Today, several students plan to head to Carson City and protest the proposed budget cuts for higher education for the University of Nevada (Reno). This comes on the heels of meetings, hearings, late night talks with friends, and pizza-fueled letter-writing campaigns all in hopes that somehow this behemoth of cuts (effectively destroying UNR) will be [...]
By: John Russell
As an active member in the ASUN student government, I have the privilege to receive many emails whenever critical issues afflict our campus. Unfortunately the distortion of facts originating from those who either know the facts and are over-exaggerating them to generate a response, or those that do not know them and pretending to know, [...]
18Jan09
The Obamamobile
By: John Russell
How much do you think this 2005 Chrysler 300 Series C with 20,801 miles would be worth if you were to sell it to another person? Well, if you looked it up on Kelley Blue Book, its suggested value is approximately $16,835. Unfortunately, there was no ‘Previously Owned by Barack Obama’ check box that I [...]
14Jan09
Anarcho-Capitalism: The Lecture
By: Barry Belmont
This lecture was given on September 25, 2008. It is a basic overview of my interpretation of anarcho-capitalism. The topics addressed range from gay marriage and gun control to safety standards and healthcare to police services and military action. As a note…thanks to our meeting last semester about guns and gun control, I was shown [...]
9Jan09
"Public School"
By: John Russell
While sitting in my four hour speech communication class over the winter semester, the instructor stressed the significance and power of euphemisms and asked students to give some examples. Unsurprisingly, such examples like “passed away” and “overweight” were tossed out and greeted with an affirming nod. With the chuckle of my fellow students, I suggested [...]
