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==> Yikes, I think I might be two Contra Krugman episodes behind. Here’s the live broadcast from Mises U, and here’s the latest episode where we discuss Krugman’s slogan for Hillary: “She probably won’t be a disaster.” ==> Lucas Engelhardt gives a nice review for my book *Choice*. ==> Steve Patterson argues that modern set […]

One More On All Those Racist Libertarians Supporting Christian Bakers

As alluded to in my last post, Benny Lava (and he is hardly unique in this) kept suspecting that anybody who sided with the right of Christian bakers to not participate in gay weddings is probably a closet racist. I hope Benny never sees clips like this; his entire worldview would collapse.

The Sad State of Libertarian Discourse, and the Total Misunderstanding of Christianity

Part of why I am so disappointed in the Gary Johnson campaign is that his remarks on the wedding cake controversy lead Scott Sumner to say this: “Sorry, but bigots having their feelings hurt is not high on my list of problems…” I eventually realized that my critics on this thread truly had no idea […]

Winning Hearts and Minds at Sumner’s Blog

The only thing worse than me wasting time arguing with people in the comments at Sumner’s blog, is me doing so without you guys knowing about it. On this thread, Scott engaged in his shock, shock routine because Trump is proposing the first-use of nuclear weapons (and Trump also thinks US elections are rigged–can you […]

Gary Johnson: “I’m neither Hillary nor Trump, please vote for me. The fewer questions you ask, the more attractive I am.”

The more this guy talks, the more convinced I am that I made the right call. (I don’t vote, period–not for Ron Paul, not for anybody. But I mean, I have been trolling GJ on Facebook. And I regret nothing!) Look kids, Gary Johnson is going to get destroyed in the Electoral College in November. […]

Is God a Tyrant?

That’s the question I will be tackling as a speaker at this weekend’s Libertarian Christians conference. Especially for you agnostic/atheist libertarians, can you give me your best arguments on this? Also, if you could give me quotes/citations to famous critics (like Hitchens) on this topic, that would be great.

Contra Krugman: What Does the Stock Market Mean?

Tom and I respond to Krugman’s column on the stock market.

Gene Callahan on Non-Human Actors

In a post criticizing methodological individualism, Gene writes (and then quotes): A plain fact that methodological individualism will block us from seeing or accepting: “The facts authorize us — no, they oblige us! — to say that Islam as such, Islam understood as a meaningful whole, is in motion, that it strives and struggles, in a […]