We Could Start a Movement
“Having thought about this some more, I think that the best thing that we, as a society, can do in response is to send pictures of our junk to our congresspeople.” ~ Jaybird, on...
Author: Erik Kain
What the hell is going on?
It’s a good thing Andrew Breitbart showed up before Anthony Weiner to the New York Democrat’s press conference to warn the British with bells and, uh, ringing of the bells that Weiner was coming...
How many blogs do we have here now?
If you can’t get enough of Jason here on the main page, he is now writing his own personal blog on-site as well. His “intro” post is here.
The Limits of Knowledge in the Education Debate
I have two posts up at Forbes trying to explain my still-evolving thoughts on the very complicated, very messy education debate. The first is a piece railing against tribalism: Going forward I hope to...
Another Ordinary Blog
Please welcome Elias Isquith to the League. His blog is Thistle & Flower. His introduction post is here.
Let the wind between howl, lonely and wild
John Tomasi has a thought-provoking post up at Bleeding Heart Libertarians on the yawning divide between classical liberals and libertarians on the one hand and high liberals on the other. Off one coast, we...
Beyond Unions
Recently we had the Labor Roundtable and much interesting discussion on the nature and necessity of organized labor in America ensued. I’ve cooled on the idea of unions lately, at least in their current...
The economics of free-market unions
Over at Forbes I respond to these two excellent pieces by Adam Ozemik by channeling Kevin Carson, Will Wilkinson, and Timothy Carney. If you’d like, you could even stop over and say hello in...
Changing Minds
Adam Ozemik: Think about beliefs that you hold and imagine yourself changing your mind. Literally imagine waking up tomorrow with a changed mind and imagine how you would or wouldn’t discuss changing your mind...
Game of Thrones Book Club
So commenter Daniel and I are going to be hosting a book club for Game of Thrones here at The League. Recent discussions of the show have been a lot of fun, so we...
Political Compass Open Thread
Here’s the quiz. I scored a (Libertarian)/Authoritarian (-7.38) and Left/(Right) (.5) which puts me pretty far to the social-libertarian side of the spectrum, and just a tiny bit to the right. I don’t think...
Nostalgia & Freedom
“In general, I am agnostic on exactly how libertarian I want society to be. What I know is that I want more libertarianism (of certain kinds) than we have right now. After some changes...
Masters of War
Something light for Sunday. Pearl Jam hasn’t done much the last few years (gosh, ten years?) but they’re still one of favorites. A big influence when I was younger.
A Few Good Men
I watched maybe half of the first GOP 2012 primary debate the other night on Fox. I actually thought the questions were decent, and while many pundits have written off the debate as the...
Are you watching ‘A Game of Thrones’ yet?
You should be. But even if you’re not, this cover of the show’s theme song is sweet (via): I haven’t read anything fictional lately. Any good new fantasy stuff I should be reading before...
Another Keynes & Hayek Open-Thread
“In my opinion it is a grand book…. Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.”...
The Dead
It’s really weird to me that people were celebrating in the streets, even if the death of a mass-murderer is welcome enough news. We should be demanding an end to the wars now that...
Redistribution and the State
I’ve written recently about what I termed ‘front-end’ redistribution. That is, redistribution of wealth and resources prior to state redistribution – or, the way it should be in a perfect world. One example of...
Regulating the Crash
There was some very smart discussion in my Keynes vs. Hayek thread about the crash and whether or not previous efforts to deregulate the financial industry led to the 2008 crash. So my question...
