Monthly Archive: June 2012

On The Asking of Questions

by Sam Wilkinson Please, read this article about a relationship that fell apart, as it will provide the context. Then, answer this simple question: was the collapse of that relationship her fault, his fault,...

Some Replies to Conor

Theory and Practice: I have a great deal of respect for Randy Barnett, though ultimately I don’t share his vision of a polycentric government. I agree with Conor that polycentricity works well for some...

And now for something completely different…

Just shouting out a congratulations to my friend Lesli, who will be published in a new anthology alongside such greats like Gaiman, Bradbury, Poe. Keep an eye out y’all for: Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved...

Straight White Guy Does Some Man-splaining

I did some catch-up reading at two of my favorite blogs today, both Alyssa Rosenberg’s joint and Blinded Trials. I found myself going back and forth between an Atlantic essay by Elizabeth Wurtzel that...

Cato Lives!

It would obviously be impolitic for me to comment at length on this. I’ll just say that I am happy the dispute is over. Those of you who wrote off the Cato Institute in...

Crowd-sourcing: A Personal Experiment

Dear Readers, Some of you may know that over the last year or so, I’ve been struggling with finding funding sources to finish my graduate degree. I’ve decided that an attempt at crowd-sourcing might...

Inequality, Freedom, and Dignity

Note: This post is a belated entry to our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far,...

Memoriam for Lin Ostrom

~By James Hanley Nobel Prize winning political scientist Elinor Ostrom died recently at age 78. I am saddened by the loss of someone I knew, liked, and respected both personally and professionally. This memorial...

Friday Night Jukebox: Chuck Brown Edition

Haven’t done one of these yet in my (almost) two months onboard—so here goes. Chuck Brown, as everyone should know, was The Godfather of Go-Go. He more or less singlehandedly birthed Go-Go out of an...

Allegory

Germany imposes will on Greece.  Greece makes a few last ditch efforts to fight back, if only for posterity’s sake, but ultimately just gets kicked around as it goes down in flames.  Whether the...

The Real Issue with Genre Fiction

Over at the fabulous Blinded Trials, a post by Russell on post-apocalyptic post-reads led to a discussion on genre fiction. Genre fiction, as most everyone knows, has a reputation of being “dumbed down” fiction...

Coolness Isn’t Everything

Upon further reflection, I’d like to emphasize one more thing about conservatism’s uncoolness. Here goes: It should go without saying that “cool” politics and “desirable” politics don’t always overlap. Indeed, any overlap may be purely...

How to Privatize

Matt Yglesias writes: I’d love to reclaim the word “privatization” for a scenario in which the government actually privatizes something. City governments, for example, often find themselves owning vacant properties whose owners haven’t paid...

The Fundraiser

Another day, another series of reasons to bury the rag deep in your face when it comes to American campaign finance. Here’s some shocking news: it turns out Mitt Romney is really, really good at dealing with really,...

Awesome

For those who are not aware of the latest viral event…

Innovating Towards Unemployment

In my day job I work as an analyst with a very large Fortune 500 company. The part of our business that I work for involves helping clients manage their supply chain. As part of that...