June 30, 2014
Hobby Lobby and Soylent Green
Given lots of my other views, it would be very natural for me to be supportive of the outcome in Hobby Lobby. I tend to have expansive understandings of both…
Month: June 2014
June 29, 2014
iRad I.4 in Print, iRad I.3 Online
For various reasons (well, mainly money), the fourth issue of the Molinari Institute’s left-libertarian publication The Industrial Radical has been delayed for nearly a year; but today it is finally…
June 27, 2014
Why Living on the Dole Is Bad for You
In a post last week, Jessica Flanigan takes me to task for my opposition to a universal basic income. Because I worry that a UBI would further encourage mass idleness,…
June 27, 2014
Nomos LV : Federalism and Subsidiarity
[self-promotion alert] Published today: Nomos LV: Federalism and Subsidiarity (hardcover or electronic). Nomos LV: Federalism and Subsidiarity, edited by James E. Fleming and Jacob T. Levy “In Federalism and Subsidiarity,…
June 27, 2014
Why Proponents of Compulsory Voting Bear the Burden of Proof
In my debate with Lisa Hill about compulsory voting, I am both at a disadvantage and an advantage, much like John Simmons was in his debate with Kit Wellman about…
June 26, 2014
More on Lomasky, Taxation, and Reasonable Disagreement
Judging from some of the comments here and on Facebook, some people have misunderstood the point that Loren’s argument (excerpted in my last post) was meant to establish. Loren is…