December 14, 2017
Tear Down Those Statues
I expect that the reaction to this piece at Learn Liberty blog will either be “obviously true, not even worth saying” or “obviously wrong, and come the revolution you will…
December 06, 2017
Jessica Flanigan on Medical Ethics and the Healthcare Debate
Our own Jessica Flanigan has a really fascinating conversation with Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report.
December 04, 2017
Aikin and Talisse on Hooligans in Epistocracy; Somin on Dictators and Criticism of Democracy
Two links for ya: Scott Aikin and Robert Talisse discuss the problem of hooliganism inside epistocracy, and the problem of political stability. Ilya Somin follows up on my earlier post…
December 02, 2017
Tu Quoque: The Dictators Might Misuse You Objection to Against Democracy
A few times, political theorists—most recently Jeff Isaac at Indiana’s Ostrom Workshop—have raised a particular objection to Against Democracy. (I mention political theorists because I think it’s interesting that theorists,…
November 27, 2017
The limits of legalism, and Statist just-so stories
A new piece at Niskanen on law and politics; and my review of James C. Scott, Against the Grain, is now ungated at Reason.
November 26, 2017
Pining for Murderous Dictators is not the Path to Liberty
You’d think the statement in my title should be obvious, but if you were wondering why it’s been so easy for so many supposed libertarians to flip over to the…