Some speculation: Tolerance–of differing religions, behaviors, lifestyles, attitudes, political ideologies, speech patterns, languages, etc–brings a wide range of benefits. Tolerance facilities the free exchange of ideas and goods, and in…
I have a piece published at Heterodox Academy replying to Waldron’s recent article in the New York Review of Books. I argue that Waldron is wrong to “dismiss worries about…
A Facebook exchange today illustrated how some people conflate A) open borders with B) granting asylum to everyone. Or, perhaps, they conflate A) denying asylum to asylum seekers with B)…
Democratic Socialist Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently published a tweet that’s closing in on 200,000 likes: “If you think the GOP is terrified of my politics now, just wait until…
I frequently hear libertarians object to open borders on the grounds that removing immigration restrictions would immediately and radically disrupt American culture. Aside from the empirical reasons for thinking this…