Pretty Much Anyone Who Says They Can’t Pay $15 An Hour is a Lying Swine
Regardless of where you stand on minimum wage laws, have no sympathy for well-off employers who say they can’t pay.
The Meaning of Exploitation
The case of California’s port truckers shows the absurdity of “voluntariness” in a free market…
Democracy: Probably a Good Thing
Some people openly advocate elite rule. They are both evil and foolish.
Why Not Have a Randomly Selected Congress?
Selecting the House and Senate like juries would not be ideal, but it would definitely be better.
Ghost Candidates Are Not Acceptable
Rodney Stooksbury may be a better candidate than Jon Ossoff, but Democrats should field people who actually exist…
Who Profits from Poverty?
On the success of Matthew Desmond’s “Evicted”
The Politics of Tragedies
Many tragedies have political causes, but we can’t exploit tragedy for partisan ends…
The Regrettable Decline of Space Utopias
Why is it only the libertarians who fantasize about space these days?