August 02, 2011
E-Reading for BHLs
I recently bought a Kindle, and I’m loving it. If nothing else, the one-handed operation is great for use while bottle feeding babies – and since I had twins 2…
August 02, 2011
Against Subjectivism
I’ve commented on this once before here, but thought I’d give it another shot. I’m developing this argument for students so figured I’d get objections here first. At the end,…
July 21, 2011
Principles and Pragmatism
Over at Knowledge Problem, Lynne Kiesling reproduces a nice quote from Friedrich Hayek’s essay, “Principles or Expediency” (1971): From the insight that the benefits of civilization rest on the use…
July 18, 2011
Our First Celebrity Endorsement
Neil Peart: “I’m a bleeding-heart libertarian.” Ok, so he started using the phrase at least four months before the launch of the site and so it probably has nothing to…
July 13, 2011
Should Bleeding Hearts Be Anarchists?
There are lots of reasons to reject the legitimacy of the state’s claim to authority. But, as I try to show in The Conscience of an Anarchist, a number of…
July 13, 2011
The Beverage of Liberty
OK, I admit it. Many of you suspected it all along. My espousal of libertarian principles is really just a cover for my selfish, material interests. An ideological superstructure, if…