The sheer shock and disbelief that I've noticed in some comments sections (here, on other blogs, on facebook) about the category "bleeding-heart libertarians" seems to me partly rooted in a…
Let me start by thanking my fellow authors for inviting me to join them in this exciting forum. I’m honored to be in their company. I want to address an…
We often equate freedom with an absence of constraints, impediments, or interference. For instance, you have free speech when no one stops you from speaking your mind. Philosophers call this…
Its unfortunate that people fail to recognize the benefits of immigration. Its incredibly unfortunate that some who call themselves "libertarians" are in that camp. Open economic borders are clearly…
On one reading of Plato, he advocates rule by philosopher kings.* He might be right, but you’ve got to be suspicious, given that he's a philosopher. On one reading of…
If you were to catalog all the ways people use the words “freedom” or “liberty”, you’d probably come up with a pretty long list. (Here’s an experiment: Search your iTunes…