The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “What happens when you mix politics, bathrooms, and sexuality? Let the joking begin. “A politician walks into a transgender bar. [Fill in the blank here.] Afterwards, he tries to explain: “I really only wanted to use the bathroom.” “Ha ha. But the serious business is the busybody […]
Whose Bathroom Is It, Anyway? [new The Good Life column] Read More »
After beating up on some “left” icons (here, here, and here, for example), it’s time to give some grief to the “right.” American political vocabulary tends to sort people into liberals on the left and conservatives on the right. All are big-tent labels, and we argue continuously about how to place libertarians, progressives, socialists, theocrats,
Conservatives against Free-market Capitalism [Good Life series] Read More »
Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: I’m Stephen Hicks. Our guest today is Professor Terry Noel, who teaches Entrepreneurship and Management at Illinois State, here today at Rockford College speaking on the theme of the virtuous entrepreneur. Interesting title, but your broader context
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I’ll be speaking in Curitiba at Saturday’s Students for Liberty conference. My topic is “Progress and Betrayal: The Responsibilities of Latin American Intellectuals.” Thanks to the dynamic Juliano Torres, André Freo, and Matheus Pacini for everything they did to help make this possible.
Students for Liberty conference, Curitiba, Brazil — talk tomorrow Read More »
First, some good news about the 1970s Love Canal environmental disaster in New York: long-term studies have shown no increase in rates of cancer or birth defects among the area’s residents. That’s welcome news, even though toxic chemicals were released into the environment, homeowners were frightened, dislocated, and suffered large losses of property value. Now
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My essay “Educating for Entrepreneurship” has been translated into Polish as “Edukacja dla przedsiębiorczości” and published in the journal Przeglad Pedagogiczny 2015, Numer 1. Abstract: Jak najlepiej możemy pomóc młodym ludziom w nabraniu postawy przedsiębiorczości -– przygotować ich czy to do zainicjowania własnego biznesu, czy to do bycia przedsiębiorczymi w ramach istniejących firm, czy też
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I’ve joined the Academic Advisory Committee of the Global Corporate Governance Institute. From August 1-3, the GCGI will be holding its 3rd International Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance in Cologne, Germany.
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Chances are good that someone you know owns a Che t-shirt. Romanticized versions of Ernesto Guevara Lynch’s bearded face are popular on campuses and elsewhere — so popular that the American chain store Urban Outfitters planned to release a whole line of Che-inspired fashion items, and dozens of other websites offer a wide range of
Our Che Guevara Problem [The Good Life] Read More »