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.
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December 20, 2018
Anarchy in Manhattan
The Molinari Society will be holding its mostly-annual Eastern Symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in New York City, 7-10 January 2019. Here’s the…
November 10, 2018
Libertarianism: Eric Mack’s New Book
Many readers of this blog will know Eric Mack’s work. He is the leading libertarian political philosopher. And he has just put together a nice new book explaining libertarian political…
September 13, 2018
Looking for Daylight: Minarchist Strategy’s Missteps
Reason magazine editors Nick Gillespie and Katherine Mangu-Ward have recently debated the question of minarchism (i.e., minimal government) vs. free-market anarchism. As an anarchist, I’m obviously on Mangu-Ward’s side of…
July 12, 2018
Do Public Libraries Vindicate Socialism?
Democratic Socialist Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently published a tweet that’s closing in on 200,000 likes: “If you think the GOP is terrified of my politics now, just wait until…
July 02, 2018
Why Are Some Libertarians So Conservative About Immigration?
I frequently hear libertarians object to open borders on the grounds that removing immigration restrictions would immediately and radically disrupt American culture. Aside from the empirical reasons for thinking this…