February 19, 2017
It’s Not a Thought Experiment Anymore
(co-authored with Steve Horwitz) We all know the thought experiment. There are a million versions of it. What do you do if the Nazis show up? Do you hide your…
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February 02, 2017
Selfless Reasons to Have More Kids
A few years ago, Bryan Caplan argued that good parenting is less onerous and more fun than many people think. To some extent, it’s the parents, not parenting, that shape…
February 02, 2017
The Berkeley Mess
UPDATE: In case you thought I was making this up, see what Berkeley students have to say here. There are certain strands of critical theory and postmodernist…
January 31, 2017
“America First!” and Anti-Social Communitarianism
The problem with communitarianism is that many communitarians make for bad community members. Many of them are “society first, individual second!” to the point of being anti-social. They aren’t the kind…
January 28, 2017
Immigrants, Infants, and Poisoned Skittles
Maybe you’ve seen this meme. The implicit argument is that since a small percentage of refugees may turn out to be dangerous, we should exclude all of them. But,…
January 27, 2017
Liberalism in the Balance
What the new president has done in his first few days in office has hardly been surprising, even as it’s profoundly horrific. What has surprised me is the reaction by…