I was interviewed by Merion West’s Erich Prince on what we should learn from the protest and its being shut down, as well as follow-up questions about optimism about the liberal project and entrepreneurial education.
Lessons from the Canadian Trucker Protest Read More »
Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgtahhP9vCA
Putin’s philosophers, and why the war matters — Hicks and Tracinski on TASA Read More »
From Plutarch’s “On the Avoidance of Anger”: “Angry people … are often weak and the weakness provokes anger. Lazy students are angry with their teachers, vain people are angry when they don’t get compliments all the time.” Further: “People often get angry when they believe they are being slighted or ignored. I try to control
Advice on anger, from Plutarch Read More »
From a short essay published in 1951. Excerpt: Neo-liberalism would accept the nineteenth century liberal emphasis on the fundamental importance of the individual, but it would substitute for the nineteenth century goal of laissez-faire as a means to this end, the goal of the competitive order. It would seek to use competition among producers to
“Neo-liberalism” — Milton Friedman’s 1951 description Read More »
Case #1: Suppose a man has a debilitating genetic condition that a small percentage of his children would inherit. Suppose also that he is moderately sexually active and so could impregnate several women over the next few years. And suppose that you have an injection that could render him sterile.But he refuses to take it.
Comparing injections for sterilization, STD’s, and Covid Read More »
1. Each individual brings to the starting line whatever assets they have—and the race is on. To the swiftest go the prizes. 2. But not everyone starts the race with an equal chance to win. So we should handicap the fastest to equalize the abilities of all. 3. Life should a collective going forward together,
What kind of race is life? Four one-line answers Read More »
These two images are 82 years apart. A German and a Soviet officer shaking hands at the end of the Invasion of Poland, October 1939. 2. Poles saying no to both German National Socialism and Russian Soviet Socialism in 2021. Historical memory is strong in Poland.
Germany-Poland-Russia 1939 and 2021 Read More »
Individual and institutional versions of racism exist (though “structural” and “systematic” do not). An example of the institutional kind is Social Security, the forced retirement savings plan mandated by the US government: Suppose a black man and a white man start working at age 18, doing the same kind of work and earning the same
Institutional Racism example: Social Security Read More »