August 01, 2017
On the Value of Being a Producer
Bas van der Vossen and I have a book, In Defense of Openness, forthcoming with Oxford University Press in 2018. Here’s a short excerpt from the penultimate chapter discussing the value…
July 27, 2017
“Afraid to be Free” and Nancy MacLean Revisited.
A few people have noted (correctly) that Nancy MacLean stated that she was quoting from a draft of “Afraid to be Free”. Since this was so, some (well, one person!)…
July 26, 2017
William Graham Sumner and “Social Darwinism”
Over at Liberty Fund’s “Liberty Matters” site, I have an essay on the neglected political ideas of William Graham Sumner. Here’s a bit from the beginning: History has not been…
July 22, 2017
Did Buchanan Really Think That African-Americans Had No Desire For Freedom? Another Major Distortion from Nancy MacLean.
On July 19th The Chronicle of Higher Education published a piece giving Nancy MacLean the opportunity to respond to her critics. (Unfortunately, she didn’t take the opportunity to respond to…
July 22, 2017
Munger on Social Justice, Safe Spaces and Universal Basic Income
Our own Mike Munger speaks with Dave Rubin this week about a number of issues, including social justice, safe spaces on campus, and the case for a Universal Basic Income….
July 12, 2017
A Devastating Review of Nancy MacLean’s Book on the Klan
Good fortune has brought me a review of Nancy MacLean’s 1994 book on the KKK. If you think Mike Munger’s review of the new book was devastating, this is worse….