Is the State Necessary for Freedom and Security?
My opening remarks (limited to no more than 5 minutes!) on the case against the state at FreedomFest: The Case for Ordered Liberty Without States Just got in to my…
Political Theory
Freedom Fest, State-Debate, Book Signing, Japan, Philippines, China, Cato University, Greece….
I’m off to Las Vegas for meetings, for FreedomFest, where I’ll debate on the question of “Anarchy vs. Limited Government” and sign copies of Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and…
The One Ring
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Milton Friedman’s Legacy
My interview on Fox Business while here in Berlin. (It’s a part of a whole program on Milton Friedman’s legacy.)
“Progressivism”: Coercive and Meddlesome at its Core
David Bernstein on the rather, um, selective history of “Progressivism” given by the “Center for American Progress”: “Whitewashing Progressivism” One could add many, many sins to the account of so-called…
David Boaz on Historical Blinders among Libertarians
Reason.com: “Up from Slavery: There’s no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty” I am particularly struck by libertarians and conservatives who celebrate the freedom of early America,…
Why We Are Not Living in Western Civilization
Steve Davies in a lecture at the Mercatus Center
The Census as Super Lotto!!
Ten years ago I wrote for Slate the truth about what our federal census has become: “Census 2000: You May Already Be a Winner!” (Note: Some of the links —…
The Big Debate on Liberty Continues
My latest contribution on Cato Unbound: “LIBERAL REPUBLICANISM, MOVING PICTURES, AND WHY FREEDOM ISN’T THE SAME AS GOODNESS” I deal with the illiberal theory of “republicanism” advanced by Prof. Philip…