December 06, 2016
Privilege, Risk, and Harm
Trump’s victory has triggered a spate of post-hoc analysis about what went wrong. One of the major narratives to take root is that Trump’s win was fueled by a rejection…
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May 27, 2015
Anti-Semitic “Microaggressions” and the True Price of Civilization
My Freeman column this morning deals with the ongoing debate over so-called “microaggressions.” I could have written much more than I did there, so I want to use this post to expand…
September 02, 2014
Privilege
Many libertarians are hostile to the concept of “privilege”. Much of the writing on privilege is bad or deliberately obscure, so perhaps these libertarians should be excused for being hostile. But…