Fighting in the Ranks Libertarians, like the members of any other unorthodox political movement, are no strangers to internecine conflict and backbiting. Internal dissent over the War on Terror has set the stage for Libertarian Wrestlemania, and it looks like the first real brawl is breaking out. Early signs of trouble in libertopia came mere […]

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APDA Nationals 2002 – May Madness? Storey Clayton is a crazy, crazy man. But the tropical heat of obsession has yielded entertaining fruit in this case. I’m all in favor of pairing Nats (not to be confused with gnats, which pair themselves effectively enough) by the chart. Though it does look like a set-up for […]

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Arm the Chicks Did you know that Penn of the comedy/magic duo Penn & Teller is a libertarian? Actually, so is Teller. And they’re both Cato scholars. Anyway, Penn’s come up with a plan sure to win bipartisan support: in order to protect women from violence, socialize… guns! And buy my ass some kevlar.

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Peter Singer on Climate Change and Social Justice Friday afternoon, I drove into Manhattan, met up with Amy, and headed down to NYU’s Kimball Hall to hear celebrity utilitarian Peter Singer hold forth on the connection between “Ethics and Globalization.” Those of you who know me will discern that this is, on face, a recipe […]

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Terror, Poverty, and Drugs declare War on U.S. Just in case you needed proof that Amy kicks ass. Highly amusing… Onionesque, even.

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Just read an article by Ramesh Ponnuru from the print edition of National Review examining the politics of human rights organizations. Ponnuru observes that, to hear groups like Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch tell it, you might think the U.S. was a worse abuser of human rights than Iraq, China, or the Taliban. Assuming […]

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Now that I’m no longer jet-setting about, I decided that the best way to generate blog content would be to recycle my own work as much as possible. To that end, I’ll post my weekly LFB columns here, starting with this one: “For Public Use” Here’s a seemingly easy multiple-choice question. When the Nissan corporation […]

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