Richard Yetter-Chappell responds to Kevin’s post here. I’ll quote the bulk of it: Some kind of minimal deism (motivated by the cosmological argument) seems reasonable enough. But (as I’ve previously noted) it’s…
There’s a symposium at Cato Unbound on Ilya Somin‘s new book on voter ignorance. I’m especially interested in this critique: http://www.cato-unbound.org/2013/10/16/sean-trende/dont-voters-get-things-right In response to the claim that voters are extremely ignorant, especially…
The other night I was watching Burn Notice, my favorite spy show. Our long suffering protagonist Michael Westen had just found out that after he spent 7 long seasons trying…
(Author’s note: this is a post about ideas, not politics. It is unrelated to current events. It simply examines the philosophical views expressed by our Chief Executive.) In a number…
Consider this a Robin Hanson-style post. Obama ran on transparency, civil liberties, press freedom, and a less militaristic foreign policy. However, his record is poor. His presidency has been more…
Arts and Letters Daily recently linked to this essay by economist John Quiggin arguing that Keynes’s old ideal of the 15-hour working week is both within our economic grasp and…