August 06, 2014
I Do Solemnly Swear, Or Maybe I Just Swear
It has long been a contention of mine that you could probably write 10 political blogposts and then just recycle them as needed since the same bad political ideas keep…
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June 12, 2013
The Pinker Angels of Our Nature
Stephen Corry criticises Steven Pinker and Jared Diamond on the diminution-of-violence thesis. (CHT Jesse Walker.) See also my exchange with Matt Zwolinski and Gary Chartier on Pinker here, and my…
June 10, 2013
If Freedom Is So Great, Why Won’t Our Masters Free Us?
Michael Lind asks a question. E. J. Dionne gives an answer. Over at C4SS I criticise both.
May 01, 2013
Stop the OTHER War on May Day, Too!
The estimable Rod Long argues in an earlier post that we should stop the war on May Day by returning to its origins as a celebration of worker’s movements, rather…
April 23, 2013
Percy Shelley – Left-Libertarian?
Most of you are probably familiar with Shelley for his Romantic poetry. But did you know that he dabbled in political philosophy too? Perhaps even … libertarian political philosophy? Check out the following…
August 02, 2012
Forgotten Libertarians of American History
The great historian of classical liberalism, Steve Davies, has an excellent new podcast on “Forgotten Libertarians of American History” (podcast and a somewhat garbled transcript available through the link). Davies…