March 25, 2017
Safe Space and Controversial Speakers
We (the academy) are not doing a very good job of educating students on what it is universities do, or why. This was published in the Duke student newspaper, The…
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March 16, 2017
Does Constitutional Law Exist?
A federal judge in Hawaii has temporarily blocked the government’s revised Executive Order on immigration. I‘m glad he did this, because I regard the EO as wrong and counterproductive. But…
February 22, 2017
Liberal federalism is both political and jurisdictional
Or so I argue in my new post at Niskanen.
February 22, 2017
Wait, What About….?
I have come to believe that my “whataboutism” is a cop-out, rather than a useful response. As I say here….
February 08, 2017
In Appreciation of Hans Rosling
Many of us here at BHL were big admirers of Hans Rosling. As you probably know, he passed away from pancreatic cancer yesterday. Sarah and I have posted an appreciation…
February 08, 2017
Hypocrisy and shamelessness
A recurring argument here and in our circles on Facebook has concerned how much to make of Democratic hypocrisy on limits of power in the course of allying against the…