Limited Government Liberalism

Will Wilkinson argues that liberals have their hearts in the right place, but need Libertarian-style policies to see their dreams actualized.
One way to think of it is to consider where you’re starting from. I am, more or less, starting from a fairly typical liberal account of the state and it’s aims. I’m then arguing that [...]

Brain Anatomy Drawings

by Sir Charles Bell.

Sweet Neandertal Music

Ever wondered what Neandertal music sounded like?

A musical experience with a difference is being previewed at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff – an attempt to recreate the sound of the Neanderthals.

Jazz composer Simon Thorne was given the task of creating the “soundscape” to provide a musical backdrop to some of the ancient exhibits on [...]

Libertarians, the Left, and the Future of Freedom

Mark Thompson at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen made the following comments that resonate with me:

[I]n order for libertarians to more consistently act as political free agents, or even to sign on to a coalition with the political Left, something else will need to happen to free libertarian philosophy from the predispositions that have resulted from [...]

Leave Sam Adams Alone: Get a Life

Our recently elected gay mayor of Portland, Sam Adams, has been getting hammered recently because of accusations that he “may” have had relations with a 17 year old intern.  However the intern Beau Breedlove (who is now over 18, and yes that IS his name) denies the accusations, and continually has said that nothing of [...]

Are Political Parties Bad for the Poor?

Will Wilkinson argues that Political Parties are bad for the poor:
This is how our coalitional minds reason: Because the success of the party is so important to the welfare of poor, and these factions are so important to the successes of the party, their interests are ipso facto important to the welfare of the poor. [...]