Daily Archive: August 10, 2011

/// August 10, 2011

The Polis in Post-Modernity (I): Migration and New Media

In the summer issue of National Affairs, Marc Dunkelman offers a diagnosis of the American polity via America’s communities: Over the past few decades, technological, social, cultural, and economic changes have revolutionized the structure...

Erik Kain

/// August 10, 2011

Meanwhile at Forbes…

I resurrect an old post about video games and crime and how the two might be linked. I talk about the riots in London, and link them to the war on drugs, and point...

Guest Authors

/// August 10, 2011

The Adventures of the Delineator: The Rescue of Princess Ama Part I

~by Jon Stonger From the Logs of Captain Dave: "You have got to be pulling me through a black hole!" said Doc. "This can’t happen. I know the universe is a cruel, perverse and...

Guest Authors

/// August 10, 2011

To Boldly Go Where No Two Men Have Gone Together Before

~by Ryan B I want to bounce off of this Alyssa Rosenberg post, not because we have a deep disagreement, but because I think she’s not being totally fair. She’s certainly right that Abrams’...

Jason Kuznicki

/// August 10, 2011

Class Warfare in London

I have very little patience for the school of thought that says that everything boils down to class warfare. But if I absolutely must pick a class — because some folks insist on it...

Erik Kain

/// August 10, 2011

Hayekian Stimulus

If you watch this Hayek vs. Keynes rap again, you’ll notice that very rarely throughout are the two men actually disagreeing with one another. They’re largely talking past one another, with Keynes speaking directly to...