At Cato Unbound, we’re discussing Michael Shermer’s fascinating new book The Believing Brain. Shermer himself gives a...
Jason Kuznicki
Jason Kuznicki is a research fellow at the Cato Institute and contributor of Cato Unbound. He's on twitter as JasonKuznicki. His interests include political theory and history.
My longish answers to some thoughtful questions, below the fold.
This time it’s Michael Lind, and the charge is that libertarians are really just fascists in disguise....
From Michael Shermer’s new book The Believing Brain: During the run-up to the 2004 presidential election, while...
New Atheist Sam Harris has been arguing that we need government to do extensive redistribution of wealth,...
Elias Isquith writes, below: In general, I’m not fond of the strain that I see sometimes in...
Rufus notes the rumor that the West Memphis Three are about to be (or, it seems, have...
What would a world of unfettered free markets look like? If you fear everything turning into Times...
So you’ve all seen the Jon Stewart clip about the media ignoring Ron Paul. Here are my...
Theodore Dalrymple has long been my favorite conservative. Here he shows why, discussing the comparison between the...
This shouldn’t surprise anyone (via Sullivan): Following the appearance of Blair Scott, the Communications Director for the...
I have very little patience for the school of thought that says that everything boils down to...
At Cato Unbound this month, Kay Hymowitz looks at the trends and considers whether men are in...
Here’s Ezra Klein, explaining the key part of the deal reached late yesterday: In his remarks on...
Some people are mildly disappointed at the grocery store when they can’t find quite the perfect olive...
Via Radley Balko: Other kids were standing over the kindergartner’s assigned seat, yelling that Xander was slumped...
Intrade suggests the debt ceiling isn’t getting raised until after July 31 — a nailbiter, in other...
Good: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) passed a resolution Tuesday calling for...
Okay now look. I don’t like raising taxes. I don’t even like taxes in the first place....
However its boundaries may be constituted, a nation [is] a presumptive locus of sovereignty, and it has...