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Tag Archives: liberalism
Petition for TSA to Obey the Law
From Jim Harper (via Josh Cutler): A year ago this coming Sunday, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered the Transportation Security Administration to do a notice-and-comment rulemaking on its use of Advanced Imaging Technology (aka “body-scanners” … Continue reading
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Tagged American politics, government, how-to, liberalism, libertarianism, online politics, political movements, politics, security
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Does the Internet Have a Political Disposition?
This question may seem as strange as asking, “what does technology want?” or “does the Earth care if I drive a Prius?” But it is a question worth considering, and Mike Barthel answers in the affirmative. He argues that the … Continue reading
Traffic and Property Rights
This blog has recently discussed jaywalking, and has covered traffic signals as both metaphor and fact numerous times (here and here, for example). But Matt Yglesias does not read this blog, so he writes: A political movement genuinely focused on … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, liberalism, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, political movements, politics, rights, traffic
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Peter Thiel on Innovation, Science, and Politics
Francis Fukuyama interviewed Thiel for a recent piece at The American Interest. We join their conversation in progress: [Thiel:] If there is going to be a government role in getting innovation started, people have to believe philosophically that it’s possible … Continue reading
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Tagged agency capture, development, economics, Einstein, great stagnation, innovation, liberalism, philosophy of, politics, research, science, technology
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