Author Archives: John Berling Hardy

Libertarian Myth

“That’s libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves” - Kim Stanley Robinson Read More…

The Art of the Con

One Tuesday morning, Chris is sitting in his apartment reading his paper. He sees an advert for an investor in a new venture. Chris studies the advert, noticing from the idiom that the writer is not a native English speaker. He passes it across to me and asks me what I think. I shrug, look over down at the page, and tell him I don’t make too much of it: “Just some guys looking for a backer for a new project. Why? What should I see in it?” Read More…