November 21, 2012
Sigh.
Brian Leiter, who often mocks the ignorant and semiliterate invocations of philosophical ideas that bounce around the media, links approvingly [see his response in comments] to the following claim that manages…
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November 20, 2012
“Anti-State” or “Pro-Liberty”? Some Thoughts on Israel
A recent discussion on my Facebook wall has prompted me to share a few thoughts about libertarianism and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Let me start with one point: I am no…
November 08, 2012
The Death of Principle
Four years ago, President Obama won the presidency while promising hope and change. Under George W. Bush, America seemed to stop being a country that respects freedom and the rule…
November 06, 2012
Civic Enemies
In the market, most of my fellow citizens are my civic friends, part of a great cooperative scheme. One of the vile and repugnant features of democracy is that it…
November 05, 2012
Why It’s Rational (for Some of Us) to Vote
Over 132 million people voted in the 2008 US Presidential election. Why did they do that? Are they just plain stupid? There is a nagging worry that voting is a…
November 03, 2012
My Scholarly Papers on Private Sector Responses to Hurricane Katrina
Since what goes around comes around, my work from a few years back on the private sector response to Hurricane Katrina is of relevance again. Here are the two scholarly…