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Joe Biden recently condemned “far-right extremism,” calling comments made by Republican leaders, including Trump, “semi-fascism.” Biden is correct to identify the growing elements of fascism within the Republican party. However, he fails to recognize the fascist elements within his own policies. Biden and Trump are two faces of fascism. In an article titled, “The Fascist…
A Call for Dictatorship
In late July, two professors issued a call for dictatorship. In an open letter to President Biden, Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet and San Francisco State University political scientist Aaron Belkin urged the President to restrain MAGA [Supreme Court] justices immediately by announcing that if and when they issue rulings that are based on gravely…
Nullification: The Practical vs. the Moral
ByjbpThis was originally posted on Live Oaks on February 1, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. Last Friday’s post on Glenn Beck drew some defense of his position on the grounds of nullification. I didn’t specifically address nullification in that post, but my comments certainly had implications on the issue. Since the individual defending nullification…
The Human Flourishing Project
Alex Epstein, who describes himself as a practical philosopher, recently announced The Human Flourishing Project. Epstein started the “project to tackle the problem I care about most: human beings lack reliable access to the knowledge we need to flourish.” In his introductory podcast, Epstein notes that, despite the material abundance in the world today, there…
Property Rights and Flooding
ByjbpThis was originally posted as a series on Live Oaks in May 2010. Comments have not been migrated. In response to a post last week, a reader asked: Why are the property rights of the affected residents any more important than the property rights of the upstream property owners who are flooded through no fault…