Kevin Carson recently called me out on Twitter: “Here’s one of those adjuncts that Jason Brennan says could “easily quit and go to Geico” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-w-gerard/good-people-dont-get-good_b_5935690.html …” Two things wrong with this:…
Consider the following: 1. Tenure-track (or other long-term, full benefits) faculty jobs are expensive, while contingent and adjunct faculty are cheap. Georgetown pays adjuncts a much better rate than most…
Those who are observing 4/20 may be interested (not, perhaps, today) in a wonderful example of moral panic from 1641. The broadside “The Sucklingtonian Faction: or Suckling’s Roaring Boyes” mocks…
My post on bigotry, like all my posts on religion, received ferocious and bitter criticism. Among these criticisms is that sincere religious belief is inherently irrational and so cannot justify…
Many of this blog’s readers are familiar with Econtalk, and I want to recommend a terrific recent episode on the importance of not underpricing water with economist David Zetland. It…
Ross Douthat recently pointed out that people are using the term “bigotry” much more broadly in the case of people objecting to same-sex marriage. My experience is similar. I’ve had more…