Let My People Rent!

We are in the midst of a dramatic sea change in technological society. Just a few years ago, for services like getting a ride or a night’s stay, we had to rely on bloated, bureaucratic corporations. Now, with technology and the Internet, anyone with a computer can become an entrepreneur in 60 seconds and offer […]

Coercion ≠ Love

I’m seeing a lot of #loveWins tags and colorful profile pictures on Facebook recently. That’s great, I love love and I’m a big fan of all the colors of the rainbow. A full on double rainbow all the way? fuggheddaboutit! Unfortunately, I think people are getting it wrong here. Not to be a Debbie Downer […]

Military Interventionism is Unproductive, Unreasonable, and Un-American

If there’s one legitimate role for the federal government, it’s national defense. But that raises the question: what constitutes a national defense? Moreover what constitutes a sound national defense. While defense is vital to our existence, military interventionism is usually unproductive, unreasonable, and un-American. Military interventionism is unproductive because, not only does it not work to help keep […]

Guys Are Idiots and Women Will Save the World

From a speech given at Pure Fashion Austin. I wanted to thank you for supporting these girls in this project for a couple reasons. First because they’re saving humanity. That may sound like a bit of an exaggeration, but I’m serious. Let me explain. So, I’m a guy. And I like being a guy. And […]

Vulnero Nemo

There are two types of people in the world: people that will sit at a red light at a deserted intersection at 3 am in the morning when there are clearly no cars coming in either direction; and there are the people who will run the red light. My name is Joseph Morse and I […]

Was the War on Poverty a Failure?

Thank you for joining us for this first in a series of Arena KO debates brought to you by FEE, The Foundation for Economic Education My name is JSB Morse. I’m an author of several  books, namely the political thriller “Gods of Ruin” and “Chaos and Kingdom” and I’m also on the board of America’s […]