Political Theory


I’m Against the Death Penalty in General, but…

The death penalty is one of those issues by which people tend to measure your moral character, rather than listen to your arguments. If you favor the death penalty, you’re…

Read More

I’m Against the Death Penalty in General, but…

The death penalty is one of those issues by which people tend to measure your moral character, rather than listen to your arguments. If you favor the death penalty, you’re…

Read More

I’m Against the Death Penalty in General, but…

The death penalty is one of those issues by which people tend to measure your moral character, rather than listen to your arguments. If you favor the death penalty, you’re…

Read More

Historical Background to the Gay Marriage Debate

Given the astonishing and sweeping historical claims made in the debate over gay marriage, it’s worth looking at what serious historical investigators have to say about homosexuality and romance. (Historical…

Read More

Promoting Iraqi Libertarianism

Thanks to the generosity of a good friend, who pledged enough money to start up an independent think tank in Iraq and fund it for a year, my classical liberal/libertarian…

Read More

Violating Liberty by Raping the First Amendment

In a truly a truly outrageous decision, the California Supreme Court has ruled 6-1 that Catholic Charities must offer contraception to its employees. How utterly shameful: If you want contraception…

Read More

Globalization and Political Theory

I’ve had a few essays in the works for some time and two of them are now published and available. My monograph on Globalization and Culture: Homogeneity, Diversity, Identity, Liberty…

Read More

Jefferson and Madison go to Iraq

I’m off to Iraq and packing what I hope will be a powerful weapon for good, 500 copies of the pocket edition of the American Declaration of Independence and the…

Read More

Ownership Society

Visit www.cato.org/ownership for discussion of the idea of an ownership society, with special sections on health care, education, and retirement. (I contributed a little essay that brings together some of…

Read More

You Are Now Entering the Risk Free Society: Enter at Your Own Risk

Did you know that some people still bring shoe laces on to airplanes? And did you know that shoelaces can be used to kill, or even to hijack an airplane?…

Read More