Day: April 24, 2012

I’m Guest Blogging at The Atlantic IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.building-site-with-willows

I’m Guest Blogging at The Atlantic

David Ryan April 24, 2012

I’m guest-blogging for Megan McArdle at The Atlantic for the next two weeks. Worth noting: Erik gave...

Marginal cases and virtue IFRL-Mindiv-tk-hammonds-743182-unsplash

Marginal cases and virtue

Rose Woodhouse April 24, 2012

Children are marginal cases. Talking about ethics in terms of autonomy, or rights — Kantian ethics —...

Can We Have Post-Modern Faith? IFRL-NaPP-Asia-01822v

Can We Have Post-Modern Faith?

J.L. Wall April 24, 2012

A new study out of the University of Chicago shows, in its words, a “modest” decline of...

Why I Read Bryan Caplan IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-28644496121_86c3f25fde_z

Why I Read Bryan Caplan

Jason Kuznicki April 24, 2012

I know I often disagree with him. But then there’s stuff like this: “What’s stopping Warren Buffett...

Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law, Again IFRL-Mindiv-camila-fernandez-1055200-unsplash

Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law, Again

Patrick April 24, 2012

Another story. A quandary for some?

Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Military spending is roughly half of that $1.6T discretionary spending I think Musk didn't review th…
Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025My Ethics professor freshman year (so, 1991-1992) was approximately one jillion years old and he exp…