Getcha Evil Here! Getcha War Here!
[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] Last Friday I presented a revised version of my talk “On Making Small Contributions to Evil” to the Auburn Philosophical Society. This coming weekend I’ll be...
View ArticlePower Trip: Will Hobbesian War Lead to Libertarian Utopia?
What follows is a review of John Sullivan’s recent book Notes From the Aboveground. In the interests of full disclosure: the author is paying me to review his book. Conceivably, this could lead me to...
View ArticleGet Your Hands Off My Spencer!
Joel Schlosberg tells me I’m cited in Jonah Goldberg’s one-sided screed Liberal Fascism (a book that, I gather, quite correctly points out the fascist aspects of the statist left but studiously...
View ArticleSpencer Not Defamed Today!
Damon Root has a nice piece on Herbert Spencer; plus, he cites me! (Conical hat tip to Joel Schlosberg.)
View ArticleHerbert Spencer’s Hat Trick
A correspondent writes: Saints be praised! Herbert Spencer has received a surprisingly positive and balanced assessment in a ‘popular’ source. 2012 must be the end of time! The article is actually...
View ArticlePart of an Original Crowd
Sheldon has a nice post on why proper individualism is not atomistic – wherein he cites Aristotle, Spencer, and … me! In related news, I’ve argued elsewhere that it is the least atomistic forms of...
View ArticleCordial and Sanguine, Part 22: War Among the Bleeding Hearts Continued
Greetings from Seattle! My entry in the aforementioned Cato Unbound symposium is now up. It’s titled “In Praise of Bleeding Heart Absolutism.”
View ArticleCordial and Sanguine, Part 26: War Among the Bleeding Hearts Continued Some More
My latest contribution to the symposium is finally up, as is a “best of the blogs” roundup.
View ArticleCordial and Sanguine, Part 28: Groundpounders at War
This land is your land this land is my land looks like one of us has a fake deed to this land — Dave Barry (?) This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we...
View ArticleSpencer, Hodgskin, and Land Rights
As “everyone knows,” Herbert Spencer was a reactionary defender of capitalism and an opponent of socialism, while Thomas Hodgskin was a proto-Marxian defender of socialism and an opponent of...
View ArticleTo Rule the Earth
I make a cameo appearance in George Smith’s latest post on the Herbert Spencer / Henry George debate.
View ArticleBoiling the Jaywalkers
So this guy made £35,000 selling forged celebrity autographs, and they caught him. Good. But they’ve also charged him with copyright violations, which is crap; and they’ve decided to lock him in a cage...
View ArticleSpencer Unbound!
I recently participated in a “Liberty Matters” online discussion on Herbert Spencer, with George H. Smith, Alberto Mingardi, and David M. Levy, and edited by Sheldon Richman. Read it here. If you...
View ArticleHerbert Spencer’s Hat Trick
A correspondent writes: Saints be praised! Herbert Spencer has received a surprisingly positive and balanced assessment in a popular source. 2012 must be the end of time! The article is actually...
View ArticlePart of an Original Crowd
Sheldon has a nice post on why proper individualism is not atomistic wherein he cites Aristotle, Spencer, and … me! In related news, Ive argued elsewhere that it is the least atomistic forms of...
View ArticleCordial and Sanguine, Part 22: War Among the Bleeding Hearts Continued
Greetings from Seattle! My entry in the aforementioned Cato Unbound symposium is now up. Its titled In Praise of Bleeding Heart Absolutism.
View ArticleCordial and Sanguine, Part 26: War Among the Bleeding Hearts Continued Some More
My latest contribution to the symposium is finally up, as is a best of the blogs roundup.
View ArticleCordial and Sanguine, Part 28: Groundpounders at War
This land is your land this land is my land looks like one of us has a fake deed to this land Dave Barry (?) This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we...
View ArticleSpencer, Hodgskin, and Land Rights
As everyone knows, Herbert Spencer was a reactionary defender of capitalism and an opponent of socialism, while Thomas Hodgskin was a proto-Marxian defender of socialism and an opponent of...
View ArticleTo Rule the Earth
I make a cameo appearance in George Smiths latest post on the Herbert Spencer / Henry George debate.
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