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Political Philosophy

A collection of 46 issues

Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, the State: Summary

I think this minor classic boils down to a handful of points: 1. State power comes at the price of social power. If the state will take care of something, then people won't. As social power collapses, so does society. This is Nock's best insight, and

California was a Hot Bed of Libertarianism

Given the ideological condition of the Golden State today, it must've been the most-failed ideological movement in history My opinion of Gavin Newsom, Eric Garcetti, and other imbecilic politicians in California is strongly colored by Joe Rogan, who has an extremely low opinion of them. So whereas I

The Inherent and Severe Limitations of Thinking

In the early 1990s, I practiced law with a lot of impressive Jewish attorneys. One, particularly so. He was brilliant, aggressive, and driven. He also held a Ph.D. in philosophy. I always wanted to ask him why he got a doctorate in philosophy and then went to law school,

Place and Conservatism

Mark T. Mitchell at Front Porch Republic

Urban Planning v. Organic Cities

Anthony Eagan at City Journal

Has Feminism And 'Hoeflation' Destroyed Dating In The West?

Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge

The Quest for Community at 70

Brad Birzer at University Bookman

Battles on the Right

A new battlefront has opened on the political right: localists v. monoliths. It's the latest version of the libertarian-conservative debate that George Nash described marvelously in his major work. The localists in the current debate are the libertarians and the monoliths are the conservatives. I say "monoliths&

Old Mistakes From the New Right

Tyler Syck at Law & Liberty