As much as folks would love to dismantle the current economic system, the fact remains: supply and demand rule the market. If something is hard to access, people will pay more (or do more) to access that thing, whether it be spending $35 on bottled water at the electronic music festival under late-stage capitalism, or begging for clean water in the gulags under that-wasn't-real socialism. Scarcity creates value, math doesn't vote, and no amount of Reddit moderation is powerful enough to hide this fact...

Much like the rest of you, I’ve been busy just trying to wake up every morning without falling into traffic on purpo accident, and eating my Cheerios for heart health. But I haven’t really been eating my Cheerios for heart health. I haven’t eaten Cheerios all year. Or probably in the last decade. So my heart is over here, probably crying out for more Cheerios, while my brain is telling me, “The street-cross sign isn’t on yet, but you can walk anyway.” It’s a constant battle...

I felt compelled to write this piece after I received some unwanted praise for last month’s column. I was basically accused of finally coming into the libertarian’s tent. The “don’t pay taxes” bullet point was a gamble, and boy, did it backfire...

Anyone with a sizeable patch of grass probably has a lawnmower, unless they're some kind of savage who likes their yard to look like a jungle. We take mowers for granted, since they've existed for all our lives. However, where did they start? In the words of the Talking Heads, "Well, how did I get here?" This might seem like a dumb topic, but there is a lot of odd history here, so let's go through the timeline...