Was race a major factor? The table shows the voting percentages in the last three presidential elections for four racial-ethnic groups: Thought 1: White support for the Republican candidate was stable across the three elections (55, 59, 58). But white support for the Democratic candidate declined (43, 39, 37). My takeaway: Trump seems not to […]
Trump and the Racial Vote Read More »
Remember Adam Smith’s consoling words, however the election turns out.
“There is a great deal of ruin in a nation” Read More »
[This column is a part of the Theist vs. Atheist series debate between Stephen Hicks and John C. Wright. This is Hicks’s response to Wright’s column. Here are the links to other columns in the series.] To evaluate religion’s track record we need to specify our evaluative benchmarks and identify whether we are evaluating religion generically
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In the Cato Unbound series, my article “Does Kant Have a Place in Classical Liberalism?” is now up. Here, courtesy of editor Jason Kuznicki, is an abstract: Stephen R. C. Hicks argues that if our case for liberty comes from a mysterious other realm, then perhaps we have no case at all. He describes how
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Last week I posted this chart for comparing Clinton, Johnson, and Trump on six dimensions. I scored each from 1 to 10 for each dimension, with 10 being the highest score, and then totaled scores for each candidate. (Here is the blank chart in a Word document.) My scoring is: Here again are the follow-up
Picking the President, 2016: My Scoring of Clinton, Johnson, and Trump Read More »
I made this chart for comparing Clinton, Johnson, and Trump on the six dimensions that I think are most important in selecting a president. To use the chart the way I did for myself, score each candidate from 1 to 10 for each dimension, with 10 being the highest possible positive score. Then total your
Picking the President, 2016: A Guide Read More »
[This essay is a part of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between Stephen Hicks and John C. Wright. Here Hicks responds to Wright’s previous column. Here are the links to other essays in the series.] We live in good times for religion and politics. The great majority of us are free to practice or not
Is Political Evil Built into Religion? [Theist vs. Atheist series] Read More »
Now that we are solidly into Stage 3 … Stage 1 (early 20th century): Socialism is really true and moral and liberal capitalism is evil. [The evidence comes in. Shit.] Stage 2 (late 20th century): Evidence and logic are subjective constructs and all alternative constructs are equal. [Liberal-capitalist constructs continue to appeal to many people.
The Three Stages of Far-Left Advocacy (sarcastic version) Read More »