This is part three of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy” which will be posted on 2/12/08. The late Warren Brookes, in his book “The Economy in [...]

This is part two of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy” which will be posted on 2/12/08. Clearly more is required than Hayek thought when he argued [...]

This is part one of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy.” Some years ago, shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Empire, I was a speaker at [...]

Newsweek: Selfishness isn’t usually the word we use to describe love. Of all the nonsense written about love, none is more absurd than the notion that ideal love is selfless. To love is to see myself in you and to wish to celebrate myself with you. What I love is the embodiment of my values in [...]

A note about comment guidelines, which I neglected to mention earlier. If you want to submit a question, please stay within a maximum limit of three sentences. If you want to submit a general statement that has serious relevance to what this blog is about, the maximum is ten sentences (and do not try to outsmart me [...]