June 11, 2014
Abolish the (NBA) Draft!
(Disclaimer: this post has nothing to with politics, but as you’ll see, it does connect to issues of fairness and freedom. I’m just hoping that some BHL readers are sports…
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May 31, 2014
Must See TV
I’m sure a lot of you have already watched it by now, but for those of you who haven’t, Frontline’s two part series on the U.S. Government’s secret program of…
May 28, 2014
Try Freedom Stories: To Solve Hunger, First Grow Roots
The American obsession with civil associations fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. In his great work Democracy in America, he marveled that “Americans of all ages, all conditions, all minds constantly unite”…
May 26, 2014
The Piketty Affair and Confirmation Bias
The debate about Piketty’s book remains unabated (see Steve Horwitz’s and Bas van der Vossen’s posts and references therein.) I cannot contribute to this debate because (with the exception of…
May 24, 2014
The Piketty Controversy
Some general thoughts on the controversy over Piketty and his data. 1. We have no evidence he intentionally falsified data. There are problems and anomalies and questions about cherry-picking and the…
May 13, 2014
Ayn Rand Thinks Rich People are Evil
Well a good number of them anyway. Allow me to explain… In response to a recent Facebook status of mine that quoted Rand, one commenter expressed his surprise that someone associated…