Yesterday ED got a good conversation going in response to this question: How can anti-statists reconcile themselves with protectionism? I think however we need to be careful with the ‘s’ word. I’m guilty of...
John Horgan has a question – does religion do more harm than good? Leaving aside the impossibility of quantifying the benefits and downsides of faith in any systematic fashion – what metric, one wonders,...
I think most of the books I’ve read and loved were written by conservatives or libertarians – the fantasy I’ve read was written largely by conservatives, I think because good fantasy plays on themes...
“Dudes and Dudettes, … it’s July 2009. You are all taking this wayyyy too seriously. I wish I thought it was all only about grabbing Palin traffic, but I fear it’s worse that that. The...
…To PoMoCon extraordinaire James Poulos and his wife Courtney on the birth of their first son, Nikos James, on Friday. Via.
How can anti-statists reconcile themselves with protectionism? This has become a kind of stumbling block for me. I have slowly become more and more disillusioned with protectionism as policy because it seems that it...
I fully supported, and continue to support, Obama’s minimal to nonexistent intervention in the Iranian situation last month. What I cannot fathom is why Obama would now think that intervention on behalf of Zelaya in Honduras...
Fascinating piece up by Brian Doherty on “seasteading” the anti-government project being pursued by grandson of economist Milton Friedman, Patri Friedman, to create modular, stateless “seasteads” on the ocean. The question that leaps to...
In his latest column, Ross Douthat repeats an old canard from the campaign trail: That last statistic is a crucial one. Palin’s popularity has as much to do with class as it does with...
“Pushing on a string is difficult. Pushing a zombie on a string is even harder. Pushing a zombie bank on a string is impossible.” William Buiter — Warning: I’m about to go on a...
Ordinary Times could be experiencing some turbulence this weekened as Devcat tries to identify bugs.
on A Dark AgeThere are many problems with using the Dark Ages as an analogy, not the least of which is that the D…
on A Dark AgeWell, yes. But it works. And that's good enough for far too many people.
on A Dark AgeThis is Ravenna and Belasarius erasure!
on A Dark AgeMy recollection of the survey is that we talked 'fall' of Rome as prologue, spent 5 minutes on Byzan…
on A Dark AgeYeah, maybe that play will work. "Open borders?" you can ask with wide eyes. "But nobody is even pus…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25Far as I can tell, the cease fire technically ended a while ago. Ergo Hamas has stopped handing back… on A Dark AgeMy personal pet peeve was 'Early Modern' starting in 1500 and going to 1800. Felt like it was leadin… on A Dark AgeThere are official policies and de facto policies. Chances are way lower that Trump is president if…
on A Dark AgeIt’s dishonest to demand that people abandon policies they aren’t advocating for. on Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25Peace through strength Lee.
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