June 11, 2014
The Amnesty Red Herring
“I’m a libertarian. Of course I believe in ending drug prohibition. The so-called war on drugs punishes what should not be a crime; and it does so cruelly, inhumanely, and…
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June 11, 2014
Well, then.
To my right: an economist whose CV is filled with Ayn Rand, Cato, Adam Smith, and studies of the moral foundations of markets… who won a primary with Ann Coulter-endorsed…
June 11, 2014
Autonomy, Property, and Manners: Sitting in Darwin’s Waiting Room
Some facts, which may or may not be actual “facts,” but it’s a story. (I saw it here, btw). The set-up: My friend was at a house with three other…
June 07, 2014
The Drug Debate Remains Frustrating
The New York Times seems to have made up its mind: pot should be illegal. It has recently run pieces that suggest things in Colorado are going very bad indeed since…
June 06, 2014
Blogging the Annual Review of Political Science: Hug
(See the introduction to and explanation of this series of posts.) Many kinds of political science data are messy. Demographers get to aggregate, e.g., births and deaths: pretty clear individual-level…
June 03, 2014
Blogging the Annual Review of Political Science: Walzer
(See the introduction to and explanation of this series of posts.) Well, that was disappointing. Michael Walzer is the most important living American political theorist, and among the most important…