Yeah, yeah free money for everyone. And not ONE WORD about the wars. (Also: Truthdig loves Max Boot. #liberalism)
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11/5/18 Stephen Walt on a Realist Foreign Policy
Professor Stephen Walt comes on the show to talk about his new book on American foreign policy. He explains the doctrine of "foreign policy realism," which tries to objectively evaluate the consequences of military endeavors, and not focus excessively on the morality...
TGIF: Spinoza – A Man for Our Troubled Times
In these interesting times, we all need someone to admire. I have found such a one in Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677), the 17th-century rationalist liberal philosopher who advocated freedom of thought and expression, toleration, and simple kindness. Spinoza lived in...
TGIF: Liberty, Democracy, and the Right
I am mystified by the claim that the long-standing libertarian critique of democracy furnishes aid and comfort to conservatives who display a taste for populist authoritarianism. Let me say at the outset that the libertarian critique has nothing to offer those who...
BLM Shuts Down ACLU's Free Speech Event Because 'Liberalism Is White Supremacy'
Students affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement crashed an event at the College of William & Mary, rushed the stage, and prevented the invited guest—the American Civil Liberties Union's Claire Gastañaga, a W & M alum—from speaking. Ironically,...
BLM Shuts Down ACLU’s Free Speech Event Because ‘Liberalism Is White Supremacy’
Students affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement crashed an event at the College of William & Mary, rushed the stage, and prevented the invited guest—the American Civil Liberties Union's Claire Gastañaga, a W & M alum—from speaking. Ironically,...
Quick Style Notes – Which "Liberal" Do We Mean?
This is my personal usage: Classical Liberal - "Classical Liberal" - the state should step out of the way of society. Essentially: laissez-faire, separation of church and state. General "Millsian" Liberal - "traditional liberal" - Society should be "open", with free...
TGIF: The Liberal Spirit and Its Opposite, Alt-Rightism
How ridiculous it is for Matt Lewis of The Daily Beast to write, "It seems observably true that libertarianism is disproportionately a gateway drug to the alt-right." To say the libertarian movement is a "gateway drug" is to say more than that some prominent members...
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