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Timothy Sandefur on Frederick Douglass
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Robert Alan Goldberg on the Klan in Colorado
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Jason Crawford on the Roots of Progress: Self in Society #8
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John Coffey on Religious Toleration: Self in Society #7
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Lawrence Goldstone on the Death and Legacy of Michael Servetus: Self in Society #6
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Timothy Sandefur on the Ascent of Jacob Bronowski: Self in Society #5
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Robert Anthony Peters on Tank Man, Hollywood, Liberty, and Stoicism: Self in Society #2
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Johan Norberg Celebrates Human Progress
Are things generally getting better or worse? We routinely hear that the environment is going to hell, that inequality is damaging people’s lives, that the next disaster is just around the bend. But does such doom-and-gloom handwringing have any connection to reality?
In his latest book Progress (Oneworld 2016), Johan Norberg discusses ten key ways in which the human condition has gotten spectacularly better. Continue reading “Johan Norberg Celebrates Human Progress”
Donald Trump Would Be the Least-Qualified Person Ever to Be Elected President
Donald Trump’s leading competitors for the presidency during the last few months in both major parties—with the exceptions of Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina—are far better-qualified than Trump for the position.
Even more remarkable, for the first time in its history, the Libertarian Party is set to nominate a candidate for president more qualified—and eminently so—for the office than the Republican. Gary Johnson, the likely LP candidate, served eight years as governor of New Mexico after building a successful construction company. Trump has never served in public office, although he has operated a largely successful real estate business.
This got me wondering: Has any major candidate for the office ever been less qualified than Donald Trump? Continue reading “Donald Trump Would Be the Least-Qualified Person Ever to Be Elected President”