November 30, 2019
Islamic Wine-Goblets and Christian Adultery
Wine and the nectar of the beloved’s mouth entail no sin or crime Except for heretics who have swerved from our (rightful) creed. — Ibn Rāfi’ Ra’sah (early Islamic poet;…
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May 05, 2019
Expand Your Mind
For Game of Thrones / Song of Ice and Fire fans, now that the tv series is winding down, and neither the prequel tv series nor the next book will…
February 08, 2019
Governing Least: A New England Libertarianism
My thanks to BHL for the invitation to give an overview of Governing Least: a New England Libertarianism. (OUP may have copies if Amazon is out.) A one-sentence summary of…
January 29, 2019
Bullshit Within the Limits of Bare Reason
My review of David Graeber’s book Bullshit Jobs in the February 2019 issue of Reason magazine is now online. Spoiler alert: it’s not a sequel to Harry Frankfurt’s book.
January 25, 2019
Review: New York 2140
Robinson, Kim Stanley. New York 2140. (Orbit Books, 2017). Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the best science-fiction writers working today. Recurring themes in his stories include ecology, archeological exploration,…
December 11, 2018
*When All Else Fails* Is Out!
I’m pleased to report my ninth book, When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice is now out with Princeton University Press. Read chapter one here. Kit Wellman’s…