March 13, 2012
Morning link
Alec MacGillis, Is the South too Republican for Republicans? Well, here’s one thing to think about. What if the South has become so monolithically Republican that actual conservative proposals and…
Year: 2012
March 13, 2012
Why Liberals Must Oppose the Contraception Mandate
As many of you know, the Obama administration has decided to force religious organizations to finance health insurance policies which pay for contraception (and sterilization). The Roman Catholic Church (RCC)…
March 12, 2012
Workplace Coercion
Coercion is a really difficult concept to define. When theorists say things like “the workplace is a site of coercion” what does that mean, and what should we do about…
March 12, 2012
Bleeding Heart Ideal Theory Libertarianism, Take 2
Say one had a view about what justice is but did not see justice, as understood on that view, instantiated in the world. Would one conclude that one’s view of…
March 08, 2012
Koch vs. Cato — A Guest Post by Brink Lindsey
I’m grateful to the folks at Bleeding Heart Libertarians for affording me space on their site to comment on the dispute between the Koch brothers and the Cato Institute. I’m…
March 07, 2012
Libertarian Hypocrisy?
Julian Sanchez’s preresignation over the Kochtopus-Cato Kerfuffel has caused some commentators to gleefully point out the ‘hypocrisy’ of Sanchez and other lefty libertarians. Sanchez himself has a terrific take-down of…