The poison of nationalism
Colin Thubron might be our best living travel writer. (If he isn’t, please tell me who is better.) I recently...
Moral Reasoning
My Oversight on Scott Atlas
My Hoover colleague and friend Alvin Rabushka writes: An example of the authority of local control is Sara Cody, the...
The politics of “right to die”
The Economist has an interesting story on laws allowing for physician assisted dying for people with certain health conditions. The...
Was Kyle Rittenhouse a Fool?
A few days ago I was in a discussion on Facebook about Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who was recently found...
Freedom and tradition
The Economist has an interesting story about a rising star on the Spanish political scene, Madrid mayor Isabel Diaz Ayuso:...
Avoiding Biases: Lessons from Michael Huemer
The featured image of this post is a photograph I took two weeks ago less than a mile from my...
Patriotism and nationalism
Back in September 2002, a little girl was born into a Canadian family with a Western dad and an East...
Should policymakers maximize aggregate utility?
I favor a utilitarian approach to public policy. One common objection to this criterion is that we cannot measure utility,...
When Is It Alright to Steal from Bill Gates? A Rejoinder to Bryan Caplan
On July 8, I expressed my shock at co-blogger Bryan Caplan’s statement that it would be morally permissible for John,...
Meaning and connotation
In response to my previous post, commenter BC asked: When you say that you don’t expect Bezos to give away...
