Mar 02, 2022
The Charter at 40: How Canada got re-colonized
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On Pierre Trudeau and Canada’s 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Topic: “Government”
Nov 18, 2020
The blob returns?
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On swamps, blobs, and the “resistance.”
Feb 13, 2019
Overton-U
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On the “Overton window” of socially respectable opinion.
Reconsiderations September 2018
Milton, Mill & the limits of free speech
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On the complexities and responsibilities of free expression.
Books September 2018
Liverpool’s middle ground
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Jul 14, 2017
Week in Review
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Government waste, the Democratic Party & Thoreau's bicentennial.
May 04, 2017
Deadweight deductions
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On the case against a fair-market tax deduction for works donated by artists.
Notes & Comments March 2017
Who supports the arts?
On the angst surrounding the federal arts programs.
Features January 2017
Inverting academic freedom
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On the rise of government oversight of speech on campuses.
Sep 02, 2016
Week in review
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An ode to divided government, and a fleeting glimpse of a Renaissance masterpiece.