June 29, 2015
More on Polygamy
Chris Freiman asks: why not polygamy? For related discusison, see also my 2012 review of Elizabeth Brake’s book on the subject, which advocates extending marital law not only to but…
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June 29, 2015
Indeed, Why Not Polygamy?
Is it time to grant polygamous marriages the same legal recognition as monogamous marriages? I think it is and here’s why: all of the standard objections to polygamous marriage can…
May 27, 2015
Anti-Semitic “Microaggressions” and the True Price of Civilization
My Freeman column this morning deals with the ongoing debate over so-called “microaggressions.” I could have written much more than I did there, so I want to use this post to expand…
May 21, 2015
True Islamophobia
Virtually everyone abhors the crimes committed by radical Islamists. However, it is difficult these days to criticize Muslim practices that fall short of terrorist violence. These practices include, among others,…
May 07, 2015
Should I favor the Abolition of Public Schools (or State-School Separationism)?
Is there such a thing as a libertarian education policy? I have always been partial to J.S. Mill’s suggestion that (a) people should be allowed to educate their children how…
April 20, 2015
Moral Panic–Everything Old is New Again
Those who are observing 4/20 may be interested (not, perhaps, today) in a wonderful example of moral panic from 1641. The broadside “The Sucklingtonian Faction: or Suckling’s Roaring Boyes” mocks…