Political Theory


“There were hundreds of beach chairs out here. I prefer the sand.”

Peter Mork has an interesting link and comment on those who see a silver lining to the Indian Ocean tsunami that swept hundreds of thousands to their deaths and left…

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Cato Brief on California Marijuana Case

For those interested in the arguments set forth in the case governing the federal government’s attempts to prohibit marijuana in a state that has legalized its use for medicinal purposes,…

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Like, Whoa….”Liberals” Rediscover Federalism

A law professor discovers “Blue Federalism.” There’s hope, after all.

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Like, Whoa….”Liberals” Rediscover Federalism

A law professor discovers “Blue Federalism.” There’s hope, after all.

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Like, Whoa….”Liberals” Rediscover Federalism

A law professor discovers “Blue Federalism.” There’s hope, after all.

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Like, Whoa….”Liberals” Rediscover Federalism

A law professor discovers “Blue Federalism.” There’s hope, after all.

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Civic Virtue and Liberty

My thoughts on the relationship between liberalism, republicanism, and virtue are now captured for the ages in my review in the most recent Cato Journal (Volume 24, No. 3, Fall…

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Unconstitutional Constitutionalism

My colleague David Boaz passed on to me an essay from the Washington Post that I had missed while away. Sanford J. Ungar, a distinguished journalist and president of Goucher…

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Is It Offensive — or even a Matter of “Concern About the Separation of Church and State” — for Religious People to Use Their Own Resources to Proselytize?

The International Bible Society paid to insert (simple New York Times registration required) the Christian New Testament into last Sunday’s Colorado Springs Gazette. Oh, my God! (Wait…can’t say that…Oh, no!)…

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Is It Offensive — or even a Matter of “Concern About the Separation of Church and State” — for Religious People to Use Their Own Resources to Proselytize?

The International Bible Society paid to insert (simple New York Times registration required) the Christian New Testament into last Sunday’s Colorado Springs Gazette. Oh, my God! (Wait…can’t say that…Oh, no!)…

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