February 15, 2014
A Bad Argument Against Immigration
Here’s a particularly bad argument against immigration: “Liberal immigration laws are unfair to legal immigrants who have played by the rules and waited patiently to get into this country in…
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February 04, 2014
On Bertram’s Bad Reasons for Leveling Down
Chris Bertram has just issued a rather worrisome post entitled, “Squeezing the Rich is Good: Even When It Raises No Money.” In other words, destroying huge amounts of wealth, intentionally,…
January 01, 2014
The New York Times vs Religious Freedom
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has issued a stay against the federal government from imposing the contraception mandate on Little Sisters of the Poor, perhaps the most famous non-profit challenger…
December 20, 2013
Matt Walsh on Homeschooling
Some politicians want to make it harder to homeschool your children. Others want to outright ban homeschooling, and some countries already do. Matt Walsh as a strongly worded response: There…
December 12, 2013
If It’s too Loud, You’re a Statist
When I talk to people about Liberty and Art, as I am sometimes inclined to do, one of the things we tend to argue about is whether we need more…
November 29, 2013
In Defense of Hobby Lobby
I’m busy finishing up my new book, Beyond Separation: Uniting Liberal Politics and Public Faith (Routledge, 2014), so I haven’t been blogging as much as usual. But a new Slate…