Foreign Policy As If Liberalism Mattered
Neither states nor nations are endowed with inalienable rights. Individuals are.
Jason Kuznicki
Jason Kuznicki is an independent writer and political theorist. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in international studies from Case Western Reserve University.
Social Democracy Has a Drug Problem
Senator Cory Booker’s bill to legalize marijuana is righteous and beautiful. It is well-timed and well-crafted. It is noble… and it is doomed. That a progressive Senator would champion marijuana legalization, and that his bill would stand no chance of passing, highlights a deep and important problem in social
In Praise of Chains: How Public Choice Helps Us Understand and Fight Racism
In American politics, it is sometimes claimed that democratic majorities must never be “in chains,” as the historian Nancy MacLean has recently reminded us. This phrase is a truly remarkable piece of loaded language, because nobody likes chains. Chains are awful! And everybody likes democracy, provided we collectively forget about
Gender as Art
Gender is both strange and hard to think about. Anyone who tells you otherwise probably hasn’t given it much thought. In this essay I will describe two common theories of gender. I will criticize them both. Then I will use the more interesting bits of each to build something
Not Against Democracy
Libertarians have long harbored reservations about democracy, and some of their concerns have lately won mainstream attention amid an ongoing crisis of democratic confidence. Now, it could be that libertarians just don’t like losing elections. It’s never quite proper, though, to ask about an arguer’s hidden motives
In Search of a Post-Godwin Politics
In my office there’s a framed poster of Godwin’s Law: as the length of a conversation increases, the probability of a Nazi reference rises to one. After that, all rational discussion comes to an end. The author of the meme, internet legend Mike Godwin, autographed it for me,