September 25, 2012
BHL on Reason Magazine
In his interesting article in Reason magazine Ron Paul: Man of the Left (p. 35) Brian Doherty says nice things about bleeding-heart libertarians in general, and John Tomasi in particular.
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May 02, 2012
May Day? Pretty Bad
I was not planning to blog about this, but I must take the pen to support Ilya Somin and Jason Brennan against their critics, in particular fellow blogger Roderick Long…
April 30, 2012
The Conversation at Cato Unbound
My final contribution to the conversation at Cato Unbound is now up. Here, from the Cato Unbound site, is the complete index of the discussion. Peruse at your leisure! Lead…
November 16, 2011
A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarian Thought – Herbert Spencer
If you’re like most people, then the one thing you probably think you know about Herbert Spencer is that he was a “Social Darwinist.” And that one thing is wrong….
April 18, 2011
A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarian Thought – John Locke
Few political philosophers have had an influence comparable to that of John Locke. In his own time, he was a revolutionary whose ideas ultimately triumphed in the Glorious Revolution of…
April 11, 2011
A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarian Thought – Introduction
As I mentioned a little while ago, one of my plans for this blog is an occasional series on the history of libertarian thought. I’m working on the first post…