Year: 2018
It Sometimes Begins with Virginia Postrel
Reason magazine is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and a bunch of the staff are sharing their libertarian origin stories. I think I’ll share mine. The first time I remember hearing the word “libertarian” was when I was in high school in 1980 and Ed Clark was running for President on the Libertarian ticket.… Read more
Why I’m Posting About Jack Marshall Here
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been doing a series of posts responding to things that Jack Marshall writes in his Ethics Alarms blog. I’m getting a bunch of mini-rants out of my system, in the hope that it will help me end my obsession with his blog. I’ve been slacking off on the posts… Read more
Facebook Lawsuit Isn’t Going to Help Sex Workers
I’m a big fan of Reason writer Elizabeth Nolan Brown, but I think I disagree with her take on this development: yessssssssssss https://t.co/y1iDqWTMK4 — Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) October 4, 2018 Some people were upset that Brown was apparently applauding an attempt to shut down advertising by sex workers, through the now-familiar subterfuge of claiming to… Read more
Jack Marshall Watch – Special Ethics Abdication Edition
Lately, Ethics Alarms has been pretty much all about the Kavanaugh confirmation shit show, and I’m just sick of writing about it, so as a change of pace, I’d like to revisit one of Jack Marshall’s posts from January of 2016, and especially one of his responses to a comment that has stuck with me… Read more
A Few Thoughts On the Kavanaugh Confirmation Process
I hate the Kavanaugh confirmation process. Supreme Court Justices are some of the most influential people in the country, and a relatively young guy like Brett Kavanaugh will affect the course of things in this country for decades to do come. But despite thousands of news stories, I have very little idea what he’s likely to… Read more