In Defense of Red Tape
Procurement in government is difficult, but rules and regulations make it better.
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Was Peter Boghossian Silenced?
In part two of this series, here, I discuss the cases of Peter Boghossian and Beverly Gage, the final two
Decolonizing Politics: An Interview With Robbie Shilliam
“It was a bit random,” Robbie Shilliam tells me of his decision to become a political scientist. A professor at
Academic Freedom in the Media: Who Is Being Silenced?
This is part one of a two-part essay, discussing the controversy surrounding Kathleen Stock. Part two covers the case
Organization, Not Privacy, is the Foundation of Liberty
Civil libertarians assume that democracy relies on privacy. We cannot have autonomous citizens if privacy is not sacrosanct. Citizens require
The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker…and the Black Radical
The poor labourer who has the soil and the seasons to struggle with, and who, while he affords the materials
Why Should the Poor Go Without the Infinite? Intellectual Property and Excludability
The novel coronavirus pandemic has thrown a lot of major political and economic issues into sharp focus. One of the
Respecting the Agency of Smokers: the Liberalism of Harms Reduction and the Illiberalism of Prohibitionism
Two years ago, I published my book The Rediscovery of Tobacco, in which I made a case for taking a
On Right-Wing Liberalism
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should
Justice Breyer's Dying Dream: A Book Review and Elegy
Some day 83-year-old Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the United States Supreme Court will die. It may be
Nihilism and the Liberal Vision of the Good
He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no
The Case Not Made: A Response to Anne Applebaum's "The New Puritans"
All social relations create vulnerabilities and dependencies that are subject to abuse. This is a fundamental fact about the social
Death Spiral Politics and the Ideal of Fair Play
One of the themes of Greg Sargent’s 2018 book, An Uncivil War, is that our politics is caught in