May 02, 2018
Blast from the Past: 21 Years Ago
I see that a video has recently been posted on YouTube of me, Jacob Levy, David Bernstein, and Richard Geddes on a panel on race, class, and gender at an…
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April 13, 2018
Left-Libertarians at Libertopia
Next month (3-6 May) in San Diego I’ll be speaking at the Libertopia conference, which is back after several years’ hiatus. Here’s my topic and abstract: Hoppean Libertarianism as Right-Wing…
December 17, 2016
What’s So Bad About Flag Burning?
President-elect Donald Trump’s recent call for a year’s prison term or loss of citizenship for those who burn the American flag – incidentally a reversal of Trump’s previous support for…
September 16, 2016
Has “Racist” Lost Its Sting?
Tyler Cowen asks today, if Trump wins, what’s the best theory of why? He offers a number of hypotheses, including that Hillary is unpopular, as well as cistscism: 2. A quite…
April 28, 2015
Folk ideal theory in action
“People aren’t supposed to burn buildings, destroy property, trash cars, break windows, or vandalize buildings, so when I see those things happen I immediately know that I can criticize them…
December 22, 2014
Check Your Privilege / Check Your Premises / Check Your Schedule
A reminder for anyone planning to attend the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia next week: here once again is the info on this year’s Molinari Society panel: Eastern APA, Marriott…