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No, Brett Kavanaugh Doesn’t Think Killer Whale Shows Are a Professional Sport

People I respect like Judge Napolitano have raised serious concerns about Brett Kavanaugh because of his rulings on privacy issues related to the Patriot Act etc.; see Judge Nap’s appearance on the Tom Woods Show for more details. But what is a completely bogus criticism is that in his (in)famous dissent in the SeaWorld case, Kavanaugh had […]

The Separation of Coherence and State

[UPDATE below.] On Facebook I follow George Takei (“Lt. Sulu” from the original Star Trek series) because he’s pretty funny, but mostly because I loved that show. Unfortunately Takei applauded the Oregon judge who ruled against the Christian bakers, and put the hashtag #SeparationOfChurchandCake. Upping the ante, one of Takei’s fans posted this in the […]

Surely the American People Would Never Let That Happen!?

Things have gotten so bad, I have no choice but to read aloud from the New York Times.

The Government Should Not Legislate Colors, or Morality

Suppose you heard the following: BOB: The government shouldn’t legislate colors! GENE: You don’t really believe that. You think it’s OK for Maxwell to go around bashing people’s heads in with his silver hammer? Replace “colors” with “morality” and you’ll see what’s wrong with Gene Callahan’s recent post.

Another False Victory Claimed Against A Priori Theory

Hans Hoppe (as well as many other living Rothbardians) argues that the purpose of property rights is to resolve disputes over scarce resources. (It is through this channel that Stephan Kinsella argues against the existence of legitimate “intellectual property” rights, since IP isn’t scarce.) Gene Callahan doesn’t like Hoppe’s claim. Today he writes: Of course, […]

Do Libertarians Have a Problem With Authority?

My article today at The American Conservative. Here’s the opening: A silly episode on Facebook recently underscored one of the tensions in the liberty movement: many people are attracted to libertarianism because they simply don’t like rules. This attitude stands in contrast to conservatives who also disdain big government but who don’t reject authority per se — […]

Law and Knowledge

One of my favorite themes in the Bible is that God’s laws help us. We should follow them in order to navigate this world better. God knows things about the world that He created that we do not, and so even if a particular law doesn’t make sense to us, we should trust that God […]

Obama on the Pesky Constitution

I have heard clips from this before, but it’s nice to go back to the classics (HT2 LRC). If you’re busy, at least listen to the first two minutes; there’s a nice bombshell just before the 2:00 mark.