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With Loyalists Like These…

Scott Sumner surveys a lot of anti-Trump stuff, and he says this recent piece by Erick Erickson “might be the single most negative report on Trump that I’ve ever read.” Similarly, Ross Douthat has been pushed to call for Trump’s removal (using the 25th Amendment) in part because: It is not squishy New York Times […]

Trump on Andrew Jackson and Civil War

Here’s how CBS News reports the latest outrage: President Donald Trump appeared to misremember some history about President Andrew Jackson before implying that the Civil War may have been unnecessary. “I mean, had Andrew Jackson been a little later you wouldn’t have had the Civil War,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with journalist Salena […]

Follow-Up On Free Trade and Household Analogy

I think Don Boudreaux would be fine with me quoting his comment from my previous post here in the big lights. So I’ll break his comment up and respond piecemeal. Bob: Thanks. Your example is valid, but I believe that it doesn’t cast any suspicion on the household analogy (which, of course, was used also […]

If Trump Is Half As Bad As His Critics Say…

…then how has he been cutting business deals for decades? A progressive opponent of Trump, like Bernie Sanders, is being consistent. He thinks the market economy is a vulnerable thing that needs all sorts of government oversight to achieve even a basic level of functionality. Also, fans of the market who strongly disagree with Trump’s […]

Contradictory Trump Criticisms

Trump could be a bad president even if the vast majority of his critics are often making silly arguments. So my present post should not be construed as me saying, “Why’s everyone so upset?” However, lately I’ve noticed that a lot of the criticisms of Trump aren’t even internally consistent. What’s even weirder is that […]

Potpourri

==> We at the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech are hosting an IHS seminar on American democracy. You can register even up till the last minute, so come on down. I’ll be talking about secession on Saturday, but all the talks look good. ==> Glenn Greenwald on the depressing consistency of Obama-Trump when it […]

But I Thought We Weren’t Supposed to Hold Grudges…?

I am not saying it’s exactly the same thing, but you know how Radley Balko was tut-tutting the people who made snarky jokes about snowflakes instead of working to stop current abuses of power? Well, he couldn’t object to Trump’s Supreme Court nomination as a jackbooted thug, so after saying he was the best we […]

An Invitation for the Topic: “How Should Libertarians Conduct Themselves As Progressives Freak Out Over Trump?”

I am going to be discussing this issue on a podcast, and I’m trying to collect my thoughts beforehand. Do not be fooled by my steady resolve and iron will; I take outside complaints seriously on such important things. In particular, I have been thinking about a post from Radley Balko in which he says […]