Erik pleads for public libraries, below. And Rufus plumps for the academic humanities. I’m inclined to let...
Year: 2011
[UPDATED] One of the stories making the rounds the last few days relates to pending GOP-sponsored legislation...
This is going to be purposefully short. I want a discussion on this more than anything, as...
Rob at Waking Up Now is doing a great job analyzing Sherif Girgis, Robert George and Ryan...
On the question of organized labor, outsourcing, and immigration Sam M writes: One complication, of course,...
As some will recall, this past summer I argued that Shirley Sherrod would be ill-advised to file...
A little while ago we rolled out our first hosted blog, Not a Potted Plant by Burt...
[UPDATED] Conor Friedersdorf points to a pay-wall blocked piece by Daniel Foster in National Review on the...
At this year’s Society for French Historical Studies (SFHS) conference in Charleston, South Carolina, there was a...
“Euripides was eaten by dogs; Aeschylus killed by a stone; Sappho leapt from a cliff. We know...
“The other weird thing about this post is that you link to an article outlining an absolutely...
Last week Conor linked to this Reason piece on California’s pension crisis and that state’s looming budget...
Surprising news after yesterday’s speech from Hosni Mubarak: President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt turned over all power...
by Christopher Carr I considered titling this post a more academic “Rejoinders to a Utilitarian Framework for...
Brad DeLong is a seemingly limitless source of uncharitable readings. He doesn’t disappoint in his latest:
I’ve read several books about evolutionary theory, and they seem convincing to me. I’ve read Darwin. I’ve...
Tony Comstock has a really excellent post up on the Tucson shootings, gun control, and the thirty-round...
[Author’s Note: Rumors of my demise have been very marginally exaggerated. However, despite the full-bore reappearance of...
In recent weeks I’ve begun pretty seriously rethinking my positions on organized labor and especially public sector...
Note: Burt Likko is writing the first of what we hope will be several reader “sub-blogs” hosted...
