January 28, 2013
What Could Be Wrong with Protecting Families from Floods?
So, your house burns down. Mercifully, nobody was home. Only things were lost; no people. You begin to pick up the pieces and begin to rebuild. You call your insurance…
January 25, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 3: Quantifying Liberty
My latest post at Libertarianism.org is up, in which I continue my critique of “maximizing liberty.” In my last post, I argued that the goal of maximizing freedom is an…
January 24, 2013
BHL Panel at International Students for Liberty Conference
Got plans for the weekend of February 15-17? Going to be in the DC area? Then be sure to head on over to the 2013 International Students for Liberty conference!…
January 22, 2013
How to Talk to a Poet. Now with More Hayek!
There’s been a lot of talk on the libertarian intertubes lately, about the best ways to talk about libertarian/classical liberal/free market ideas to those who aren’t pre-disposed to like them….
January 21, 2013
Is Britain’s Chief Orthodox Rabbi a Bleeding Heart Libertarian?
It sure sounds that way. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks first came to my attention when he was quoted by Deirdre McCloskey in The Bourgois Virtues. Sacks once wrote: “It is through…
January 20, 2013
Three Stories
I When the guru sat down to worship each evening, the ashram cat would get in the way and distract the worshipers. So he ordered that the cat be tied…