Years ago, I read that Americans on average thought we spent something like a quarter of our...
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.
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If you push long enough in the direction of a person’s ultimate beliefs, sooner or later you...
I’m not interested in contesting the constitutionality of the new TSA protocols. In part this is because...
“What are all these people complaining about? It’s like getting an X-ray. I would do absolutely anything...
The good news: a promising new HIV prophylaxis regime. I’m not really up on HIV treatments, but...
A liberal relative of mine wrote recently on Facebook: I am probably about to get railed at,...
The more I learn of Glenn Beck, the more I’m repelled. (Yeah, I’m slow. I don’t watch...
My relationship to various social networking sites explained. Facebook: I have more friends than I can possibly...
I’ve gotten some pushback in the comments for citing S.L.A. Marshall’s findings on how many soldiers actually...
Thoreau of Unqualified Offerings is well worth reading.
During World War II, Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall asked average soldiers how they conducted themselves in battle....
Matt Yglesias plumps for monarchy, based on — what else? — human nature: [I]t seems inevitable in...
The Food and Drug Administration will rule that caffeine is an unsafe substance to add to alcoholic...
Seriously, I thought the Republicans were supposed to be protecting us from terrorists, cost what it may....
Jacob Sullum writes: Every alcoholic beverage is “potentially hazardous,” and none will ever be proven “safe,”… But...
This month’s Cato Unbound is on campaign finance disclosure law. It’s been a fun one to watch...
…and which make better translations? I find Rousseau more readable in English; Montesquieu, in French. Voltaire was...
I’ve been noticing a game lately played in the bookish corners of the left side of American...
Today is Armistice Day. It marks the end of an era. Before the First World War, the...
