Month: November 2012

November 09, 2012

Further to Holbo

I’d recommend that people read John’s clarificatory post in comments– and would ask that we be polite to our guest! I agree that his main post below is a bit…
November 08, 2012

The Death of Principle

Four years ago, President Obama won the presidency while promising hope and change. Under George W. Bush, America seemed to stop being a country that respects freedom and the rule…
November 07, 2012

The Conflation Trap

[Editors Note: This essay is part of BHL’s Symposium on Left-Libertarianism. Click on the link to see the other essays.] Left-libertarians differ from the (current) libertarian mainstream both in terms of…
November 06, 2012

Civic Enemies

In the market, most of my fellow citizens are my civic friends, part of a great cooperative scheme. One of the vile and repugnant features of democracy is that it…