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February 01, 2019
The In-Kind Party
I got the below from a friend, someone I respect very much. The ideas (as the author him/herself would note) are not developed fully, or even halfway. This is a…
January 29, 2019
Bullshit Within the Limits of Bare Reason
My review of David Graeber’s book Bullshit Jobs in the February 2019 issue of Reason magazine is now online. Spoiler alert: it’s not a sequel to Harry Frankfurt’s book.
January 24, 2019
Pave the Muddy Paths….
There are many definitions of “rule of law.” My good friend Paul Burgess is actually writing a dissertation on just how hard, but interesting, it is to try to define…
January 10, 2019
The Stupid House = Nation Analogy Is Back
The argument seems to be this: “Your house has walls, doesn’t it? Well, then, you must on pain of consistency hold that it’s right to put a wall around the…
January 07, 2019
Events in San Diego
If you’re in or near San Diego, you might consider checking out the Center for Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy at the University of San Diego. I started the center…