Rights: Classical Liberal vs. Social Democratic Conceptions
At the Free University of Varna The IES Europe seminar in Bulgaria is going very well. The participants are a remarkably impressive group of students who are dedicated to the…
Political Theory
Some of the Horrors of Pre-Modern Society
Driving Out Evil Spirits in Angola The BBC has a series that demonstrates some of the benefits of modernity over “traditional” practices. The series documents the horrifying abuse and even…
D.C. Second Amendment Case Inching Forward
Alan Gura, the lawyer in our case against the District of Columbia government’s ban on the ownership of firearms in the District, has just sent me and my fellow plaintiffs…
Bravo! Bravo!
Married After 30 Years A mixed marriage was celebrated today in Spain: a Spaniard and an American. [NOTE: The original posting contained a confusion. I had listed the nationality of…
Bravo! Bravo!
Married After 30 Years A mixed marriage was celebrated today in Spain: a Spaniard and an American. [NOTE: The original posting contained a confusion. I had listed the nationality of…
Death of a Stoic
Stockdale’s Reunion With His Family in 1973 After 7 Years in a North Vietnamese Prison Camp I’m afraid that I have to say that politically, at least, he was a…
Left-Wing Fascists and Right-Wing Fascists
“Anarchist” Youth? Blithering Bunny (aka Scott Campbell) points out rather reasonably that people who favor an international socialist state aren’t, um, “left-wing anarchists.” Calling them “anarchists” is as silly as…
Andrew Sullivan’s Credo
NPR today ran an elegant Independence Day “I Believe” essay on “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” by Andrew Sullivan. You can read it, listen to it, or both.
Andrew Sullivan’s Credo
NPR today ran an elegant Independence Day “I Believe” essay on “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” by Andrew Sullivan. You can read it, listen to it, or both.
Andrew Sullivan’s Credo
NPR today ran an elegant Independence Day “I Believe” essay on “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” by Andrew Sullivan. You can read it, listen to it, or both.