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Students at our daughter's school were invited to the White Privilege Conference. I would argue that this is a very divisive...
Blog posts in social issues
Posted by: Devin Foley on April 20, 2011
We all feel it, but we rarely admit to or discuss it openly—Envy.
Moral philosophers and religious doctrines have condemned envy as a personal moral failing. What we don’t consider...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on September 27, 2010
There is much talk about property rights, especially these days as politicians, bureaucrats and special interests stake a nearly unlimited claim on our incomes. But one dimension of property rights rarely gets...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on September 24, 2010
My first thought after reading A Pledge to America was, “They just don’t get it.” After a bit more contemplation, I realized that’s not fair to those responsible for the Pledge. The politicians do...
Posted by: Devin Foley on September 23, 2010
Is affirmative action dead? Not by a long shot. It was first implemented in the 1960s to remedy the effects of past racial and sexual discrimination. Today it is alive and well, flying under the name of “diversity,”...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on September 20, 2010
National Association of Scholars has done a wonderful job of pulling together a recommended reading list for colleges to promote to their students. Too often in academia, extra-curricular reading lists are composed of...
Posted by: Devin Foley on September 17, 2010
Having spent a number of years now studying political philosophy, one thing has become obvious to me: the prevailing dichotomy between left and right political systems does not make sense.
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Posted by: Anja Hartleb on September 14, 2010
If you are passionate about freedom and would like to advance liberty through public policy, check out this handy guide, “...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on September 1, 2010
In a recent EconTalk episode, Russ Roberts and Mike Munger discussed the Chilean bus system.
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Posted by: Anja Hartleb on August 30, 2010
Essentially that is the question dividing progressives/liberals on the one hand and libertarians/conservatives on the other.
Philosophers Jan Narveson and James P. Sterba take on...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on August 23, 2010