Friday, July 30, 2021

TGIF: How Science Becomes Religion

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The popular slogan today is "Believe in science." It's often used as a weapon against people who reject not science in princip...
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Friday, July 23, 2021

TGIF: Critical Race Theory and the Schools

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The government's K-12 schools--aka "public schools--are once again a battleground on which a bitter dispute is playing out. Wait!--...
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Friday, July 16, 2021

TGIF: Who's the Aggressor? Who's the Victim

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When a libertarian says that the most basic individual right is the right not to be aggressed against , a clever interlocutor may accuse the...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Podcast Discussion of Coming to Palestine

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Keith Knight and I discussed my book Coming to Palestine  on his podcast, Don't Tread on Anyone . Watch and listen here .
Friday, July 09, 2021

TGIF: Watch the Forest as Well as the Trees

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It's always important not to miss the forest for the trees. U.S. government announcements, such as its report of the turnover to the Afg...
Saturday, July 03, 2021

Appearance on the Noah Blaylock Show

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I was a guest on the Noah Blaylock Show for a discussion of education and the consequences of government control of schooling. Listen to the...
Friday, July 02, 2021

TGIF: Defend the Enlightenment!

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The libertarian philosophy is embedded in Enlightenment liberalism. This is clearly seen in its commitment to free inquiry (reason) and free...
Friday, June 25, 2021

TGIF: Liberty as a Problem-Solving Process

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Strictly speaking, liberty isn't the solution to problems. It's what creates the framework in which solutions can be discovered. Tha...
Friday, June 18, 2021

TGIF: Is "Free Election" an Oxymoron?

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American leaders and their loyal media pundits love to sit in judgment of other countries' election, declaring them fair or rigged accor...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Decentralized Revolution Appearance

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I discussed Israel-Palestine with Aaron Harris on the Mises Caucus's Decentralized Revolution podcast. Watch and listen here .
Friday, June 11, 2021

TGIF: VP Tells Guatemalans to Stay in Their Place

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Shame on Vice President Kamala Harris. On her recent trip to Guatemala she said , "I want to be clear to folks in the region who are th...
Friday, June 04, 2021

TGIF: What the Really State Is

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To better understand the nature of government, one can think of it as an agency that sells or, more precisely, rents power to others. The gr...
Friday, May 28, 2021

TGIF: About that "Real Estate Dispute" in Sheikh Jarrah

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When the Israeli government describes the conflict over the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem as just a "real-estate dispute...
Saturday, May 22, 2021

Hamas, Israel, and the United States

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For obvious reasons, I cannot endorse Hamas's firing projectiles at residential centers in Israel. But if is wrong to terrorize Israeli ...
Friday, May 21, 2021

Discussing Israel-Palestine on Year Zero

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 I discussed what's going on in Israel-Palestine on the  Year Zero podcast. Have a listen .

TGIF: Biden Labor Department Undermines Gig Economy

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Why should government at any level have the power to overrule how workers and companies define their relationships? This question has become...
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Friday, May 14, 2021

Palestine/Israel Erupts Again

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 In  Coming to Palestine I defended, from a libertarian perspective, the Palestinians against Israeli/Zionist oppression. I am reluctant to...
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TGIF: FDA Targets Black and Other Minority Smokers

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Just when we are reminded that unnecessary conflict between the police and the people, especially in poorer black communities, is a poison t...
Friday, May 07, 2021

TGIF: A Refreshing Way to Think about Immigration

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What I'm going to say about Chandran Kukathas's latest book, Immigration and Freedom , does not constitute a book review. Think of i...
Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Announcement

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