Psychedelics versus modern philosophy
Anyone who studies philosophy has run into the assumption that psychoactive drugs and philosophy go hand-in-hand. Really, after analytic and continental, and whatever other traditions people come up...
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Charles de Gaulle’s alternative model for Europe Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty Distance from Khe Sanh to Kandahar: 0 Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth Fear of the Ivory Tower Jonathon Catlin, JHIBlog...
View ArticleScholars and Public Intellectuals: The Bad Old Days Before Blogging
I am flattered to be in the company Brandon places me in. When I was still growing up, I wanted to be Tyler Cowen then, I figured he moved way too fast for me. I have the utmost respect for Robert...
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Serfs of academe (but Cracks… is missing) Charles Petersen, NYRB Leaving NATO, nicely Ivan Eland, American Conservative Federalism and individual sovereignty James Buchanan, Cato Journal Lessons of the...
View ArticleHow much more progressive is the corporate world than academia?
Academia is a hotbed of leftism and has been for centuries. At the same time, it’s also one of the most conservative institutions in the Western world. I don’t think this is a coincidence. Leftists...
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Ron Paul on the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (2002)The chilling effect of an attack on a scholar Conor Friedersdorf, AtlanticThe childhood, schooldays, and death of Jesus Siddhartha...
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Who wants common sense? Robin Hanson, Overcoming BiasTheory versus common sense: the Dutch Notes On LibertyScotland’s new blasphemy law Madeleine Kearns, L&LAcademic corruption: government money...
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Julian Simon’s life against the grain
I did not meet many of the postwar great thinkers of classical liberalism. There are two exceptions. In 2005 I had a chat with James Buchanan to ask him if I could translate the talk he gave to an...
View ArticleNew Book! Markets with Limits: How the commodification of academia derails...
James Stacey Taylor writes: In brief, I argue that the increasing pressure on academics to publish has led to a decrease in the accuracy of academic work, and suggest ways to rectify this. I begin...
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Gold Rush ducks (rushed in Monday)
2s rhyme nicely with 7s Academic papers are a tough nut to crack. Apart from the prerequisite of expertise in the field (acquired or ongoing, real or imaginary), there is some ritualistic, innuendo...
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