Let’s start by describing the democratic ideal: Citizens have different world views, attitudes, beliefs, and values. Nevertheless, through fair, open-minded, and reasoned deliberation, we can come to understand each other…
John Thrasher and I have published an article in the American Journal of Political Science, “Political Stability in the Open Society,” that BHL readers may find of interest. If you’re interested…
Blogger’s Note: This evening I received this following letter from a faculty member at Brown, who desires to remain anonymous to hide the fact that they are fictitious. In accordance…
Something different from what I have been working on (more on that soon enough)…. Maybe December is the month for identity politics talk. Last year, it was it was Jacob…
A few times, political theorists—most recently Jeff Isaac at Indiana’s Ostrom Workshop—have raised a particular objection to Against Democracy. (I mention political theorists because I think it’s interesting that theorists,…
You’d think the statement in my title should be obvious, but if you were wondering why it’s been so easy for so many supposed libertarians to flip over to the…