June 03, 2015
Should I Stop Using My Burglar Alarm System?
UPDATE: FYI, this is actually about the TSA. Nearly 14 years ago, Lauren and I were robbed. The thieves took all our stuff and made a huge mess. Ever since then, we’ve…
June 01, 2015
Of possible interest to the Unconditional Basic Income fans around here
Eroding Capitalism: A Comment on Stuart White’s ‘Basic Capital in the Egalitarian Toolkit’ Erik Olin Wright Abstract Stuart White argues [in this accompanying article, “Basic Capital in the Egalitarian Toolkit”…
May 31, 2015
When Creating Safe Spaces Is Misogyny
Recently, some students at Brown University brought Wendy McElroy to campus. McElroy disputes the commonly cited claim that 1 in 5 college women will be victims of rape or sexual…
May 29, 2015
How to Handle Terrifying Ideas: A Modest Proposal for College Reform
Trigger warning: This post could potentially be triggering to anti-liberals. Short version: The solution to the New Infantilism on college campuses is to create distinct colleges that cater to the…
May 28, 2015
Living High While People Die
As Bernie Sanders laments, there are dozens of varieties of underarm deodorant, even though lots of people starve. We must not have our priorities straight. I don’t have time for…
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…