We often hear it said: if only government could be run like a business, we’d be getting somewhere. The problem isn’t that it’s difficult to run government like a business. The problem is that it’s impossible, given the radical difference between the two kinds of… Read More
Archives for September 2017
Ep. 992 Conservatives and Reverence for Our Leader
Robert Nisbet is one of a handful of conservatives to have seen the major problems with American conservatism as we know it. In this episode, Drawn from my remarks at a 2005 Mises Institute conference on fascism, I discuss executive power, centralized power, the military,… Read More
Ep. 991 Professor Says Collapse of Bourgeois Norms Promotes Poverty; Left Calls Her a White Supremacist
Professor Amy Wax wrote an op-ed last month arguing that society’s most vulnerable have suffered the most by the collapse of the bourgeois moral consensus. You’ll never guess: the screechers called her a “white supremacist.” Sponsor Need a comfy mattress without breaking the bank? Get… Read More
BONUS Ep. 990 Libertarian Drama: Libertarian Party Chairman Takes Swipes at Your Host
I hate to dwell on this silliness, so I’ve decided to make this into a bonus episode rather than one of my five regular weekly episodes. Jason Stapleton invited me on to the Jason Stapleton Program not long ago to address a series of unprovoked attacks on me… Read More
Ep. 989 James O’Keefe on the Lying Media
James O’Keefe has become notorious, and controversial, for his organization’s undercover videos — most recently, of people associated with CNN, who appear to suggest that some of their major stories are politically and ideologically driven. We discuss the American media, criticisms of his work, and… Read More