Political Theory


Spinning…When a President who Seeks Dictatorial Powers in an Illegal Move is Removed by the Congress and by the Supreme Court, is it a “Military Coup”?

The media discussion of events in Honduras is remarkably confused. Here’s CNN: The president of the U.N. General Assembly scheduled a noon session Monday to discuss the situation in Honduras,…

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Books on Democracy and Liberty

On the road I’ve re-read Carl Schmitt’s most interesting challenge to liberalism, The Concept of the Political, which will be discussed at a conference I’m organizing in France later this…

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Free Trade and Peace: The Case of Pakistan and India

I got a little example of what Vijay Dandapani describes: a very short flight from Delhi (maybe half an hour) to Pakistan took me more than 11 hours, via Dubai.

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Working on my Lecture

I got in to Delhi last night and was met at the airport by my friend Barun Mitra and my friend and colleague Jude Blanchette. After a good Indian meal…

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Justice Abandoned

In a Washington Post article about a potential candidate for the Supreme Court (“Supreme Court Prospect Has Unlikely Ally:Friendship With Thomas May Complicate Chances for Left-Leaning Georgia Judge“; registration may…

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Some Common Sense on Drug Policy….

….from the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy Read their final report: “Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift” It is long past time to end the destructive, wasteful,…

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Realizing Freedom

Now available for advance purchase from Amazon.com and soon from Laissez Faire Books. Here are some evaluations from people who know the book: “The libertarian conception of individual autonomy is…

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Press Freedom

I’ll speak this afternoon at the Fórum da Liberdade (which had a really amazing opening session last night, with speeches by former a remarkable lineup of speakers) on the topic…

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Welcome to a Fascist….er, Managed Democracy?

GM chairman to leave US car maker The chief executive and chairman of troubled US car maker General Motors will step down at once, at the request of Barack Obama….

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Free Trade is the Best Policy

Sign the petition to stop protectionism and economic nationalism and the economic disaster, loss of freedom, and diplomatic and military conflict it brings in its train. Hundreds of economists and…

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