August 14, 2014
Morning reflection
“The military spirit is haughty, swift, swaggering. Law must be calm, often slow, and always protective.” From the brilliant Benjamin Constant’s Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments— perhaps the…
August 13, 2014
Should Philosophers Avoid Politics?
[Editor’s Note: Ben Jones currently is pursuing a PhD in political science at Yale University, and previously as Executive Director of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty directed the campaign leading…
August 12, 2014
NEWSFLASH: Paul Krugman Doesn’t Understand Libertarianism
A few days ago, Paul Krugman displayed his masterful knowledge of the sociology of the libertarian movement by complaining about all the Ayn Randians running around advocating for a Basic…
August 12, 2014
The Unicorn Test
It is striking how often my friends on the left have in mind the practical equivalent of a unicorn when they make policy pronouncements. So I wrote about this, for…
August 11, 2014
The Organic Body Politics and Parental Licensure
[Editor’s Note: The following is a guest contribution by Adam Gurri. Adam is a founder of Sweet Talk and a writer at The Ümlaut. He is currently working on a book…
August 06, 2014
I Do Solemnly Swear, Or Maybe I Just Swear
It has long been a contention of mine that you could probably write 10 political blogposts and then just recycle them as needed since the same bad political ideas keep…