June 09, 2016
“Virtue Libertarianism?”
Over at Reason, I am part of a symposium on what Will Ruger and Jason Sorens are calling “virtue libertarianism,” which they contrast with what they call “libertine libertarianism.” Their…
June 08, 2016
Of Kangaroo Courts and Unicorns: Venues in College Rape Cases
(Co-authored with Sarah Skwire) Judge Aaron Persky recently gave convicted rapist Brock Turner a six month sentence, to be served at a county jail. Despite the fact that Turner was…
June 08, 2016
Is our desire to obfuscate exchange helpful, or just cynical?
Gabriel Rossman has the lead essay over at Cato Unbound. I follow up…here. More soon…. A big question: do we obfuscate so we can deny? Or is there something more…
June 08, 2016
Book on Confucian Libertarianism Published
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the second item from the Molinari Institute’s new POD publishing program. This one is my own Rituals of Freedom: Libertarian Themes in Early…
June 07, 2016
Natural Disasters and the Bourgeois Virtues
Here’s me at the Wall Street Journal in the June 8th issue talking about the role of the private sector in providing disaster relief during the For McMurray fire: “Tristin Hopper of…
June 06, 2016
Why the Freedom to Immigrate is as Important as Other Freedoms
By Chris Freiman and Javier Hidalgo We think the freedom to immigrate is a basic liberty along with freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, occupational freedom, and so on. A…