October 27, 2015
Leftist but not Liberal
The Wall Street Journal reports that a recent poll of 800 college students indicates that the major prefer mandatory trigger warnings on campus syllabi. I don’t know if the study is…
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October 24, 2015
The Debate Over Family Structure
The question of the importance of family structure, specifically marriage, is back in the limelight. Conservatives are promoting three papers that provide some strong evidence that children raised by married…
September 28, 2015
Me, Elsewhere
I’ve written a few things for other websites that might be of interest to readers of this blog. The Washington Post’s In Theory blog is doing a series on the…
September 25, 2015
Capitalism and “Unfallen Man”
In honor of the Pope’s visit, let’s explore the theological undertones of Why Not Capitalism? In Why Not Socialism?, G. A. Cohen attempts to argue that socialism is inherently…
September 21, 2015
Open Borders True and False
This has been the summer of immigration. And it’s not a good thing. The violence in Syria alone has caused millions of people to seek refuge in Europe. And Europe,…
September 17, 2015
Of Course We Should Allow Kidney Sales
I’m participating in a debate, of sorts, in the Pan-Am Post. Drawing from Markets without Limits, I point out that most opposition to organ sales is about the how, not the what. Opponents…