Two liberty-oriented Nobel-Prize winners are suspicious. Friedrich Hayek on nationalism as a halfway-house collectivism: “… it is this nationalistic bias which frequently provides the bridge from conservatism to collectivism: to think in terms of ‘our’ industry or resource is only a short step away from demanding that these national assets be directed in the national […]
Nationalism — Hayek and Buchanan Read More »
A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Audio: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics: Should Christians be socialists, and was C.S. Lewis a socialist? // Mere Christianity‘s themes // Liberal-libertarian principles — free-market economics and property rights, competence to run your own life, self-responsibility, self-respect and dignity for all, universalism
Christian Socialism and C. S. Lewis [Open College series] Read More »
Professional philosophers’ responses to the book. Nine reviews in total — six very positive, two overall positive, and one mixed. * Professor Curtis Hancock in The Review of Metaphysics (and can be read online here). * Professor Steven M. Sanders in Reason Papers. * Professor Gary Jason in Liberty (or PDF here.) * Dr. David
Ph.D. philosophers review *Explaining Postmodernism* Read More »
The full series of my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks is available at this dedicated page. Free Speech: Why the Philosophy Matters Violent Politics — The Lesson of Marxist Philosophy “The Dim Ruins of the Enlightenment” Conservatives: Get Over the Dark Ages Nietzsche’s Sister and The Will to Power Your Sex Life Under Socialism
Open College — all episodes so far Read More »
Love Is a Fallacy By Max Shulman Max Shulman (1919–1988) was an American humorist. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1942 and served in the military in World War II. His writing career included several collections of short stories and a Broadway play, “The Tender Trap,” which was later made into a movie.
Love Is a Fallacy (by Max Shulman) Read More »
Andrea-Dworkinism is alive in 2019. One of her followers, writing in The Guardian, makes this huge claim: “We are living in terrible times for women.” It’s true that bad things happen to women. Yet bad things happen to people pretty much however you group them, and this claim is a general indictment of the whole
“We are living in terrible times for women” Read More »
Hollywood screenwriter Anna Louise Strong was basically a Communist propagandist. When in 1956 Khrushchev “revealed” Stalin’s crimes, Strong suffered a mental breakdown over the “betrayal.” Later she confessed: “We knew all these things for twenty-five years, and I kept silent for the cause of socialism. What am I supposed to say?” (Which I connect to
On honesty, Stalin’s killings, and Western intellectuals (anecdote) Read More »
Most movements consistently exhibit a destructive social psychology. The dynamic is this: a movement’s members begin with a huge amount in common — the same high talent, goals, and passions. But any difference, sometimes minor, sets them against each other ferociously and irreparably. The dynamic crops up in many movements across history — political (e.g.,
Movement splits and hatreds — a music example Read More »