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• Fiscal Cliff Notes

  Here’s the deal: Tax revenues rise. Not rates – revenues. Raising rates is bad because it disincentivizes work, enterprise, and investment, and encourages tax... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is There a Moral Duty to Relieve Suffering?

  I recently read Christopher Wraight’s book, The Ethics of Trade and Aid: Development, Charity or Waste?* Wraight teaches philosophy, and examines the moral issu... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Denialism

  Michael Specter’s book Denialism spotlights a bizarre perversity: just when science and technology have vastly improved the quality of our lives, too many peopl... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Electoral College Reform

  I’ve been thinking about this issue since the ‘60s, when I wrote my first (unpublished) novel, about the mess of an inconclusive electoral vote when a... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Republican Party’s Future

  Columnist George Will has said that, given the economy, if Republicans can’t beat this president, they should look for another line of business. (One might... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• XXXXX (Censored by Liberals)

  “Censorship” is one of the dirtiest words in the liberal lexicon; one of the worst crimes. Liberals hate it so, they often scream “Censorship!” when it isn’t... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Freedom and Free Will

  I recently had an article in The Humanist magazine, entitled “Is Freedom a Mistaken Idea?” Click here to read the whole thing; below is a condensed version... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Inequality, and a True Progressivism

  I have discussed inequality before, but apparently haven’t succeeded in ending debate. The Economist (10/13) has published an analysis by its economics editor,... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY