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In reply to wfoddis. I was originally reading your comment on a phone, so it was hard to read properly or comment, but now that I’ve had a chance to read it on a computer, my comment is: I couldn’t agree with you more. I think I wrote maybe…

In reply to wfoddis. I’ll put up a link to the “debate” I had with Cowen later this morning when I’m on my computer. I challenged his position, and he ignored me as well as the issues I raised. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I have a few questions & some general comnents. What’s the link to your Murphy-Cuomo policy debate with Tyler Cowen? Assuming this is related, have you read Cuomo’s recent memoir in which he discusses how righ…

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In reply to Stephen Boydstun. I basically agree with all of that–all good points. I agree that “what passes for” both libertarianism and democratic socialism is domesticated or toned down, but I also think that both libertarians and …

I’ve been delighted by the success Will has made for himself. I see his pieces in NYT. His compositions strike me as having highest concern for artfulness and informativeness, and not so much with having a defining overall political position. I …

In reply to Nathan Byrd. I’d have to re-read Will’s piece to respond to your criticism that he’s engaging in false dichotomies. I half-agree with your criticism that he’s overstating his criticisms of “libertarianism&#8221…

In reply to Michael Young. A more charitable way of putting Will’s rhetoric is to say that he sounds like someone justifiably angry at the vapidity and moral bankruptcy of the contemporary libertarian movement, a judgment I fully share. If anythi…

In reply to John Holt. As usual, I wouldn’t go quite that far. The basic libertarian principle is that rights violations are unjust, and force can be used to stop them. The libertarian interpretation of a rights violation is an unconsenting impos…