About a year later, LewRockwell.com has realized there’s a conversation in liberty-land happening about “privilege.” And writer Bretigne Shaffer is none-too-pleased. Now, C4SS just held an excellent Mutual Exchange debate to which I contributed one essay, and many other far-more-brilliant minds submitted several pieces. But for whatever reason Shaffer only cites me and my FEE … [Read more…]
Arnold Kling at his blog and Russ Roberts at Cafe Hayek reblogged my post about corporate donations to the Center for American Progress. Roberts: Fabulous article by Cathy Reisenwitz (HT: Arnold Kling), where she explains that corporations seek profit and one way to do that is to influence legislation. What’s interesting to me is how hard it is for some … [Read more…]
This is how I describe Liberty.me: Imagine the Huffington Post and PolicyMic had a baby, and she turned out to be a libertarian. Their Indiegogo campaign launched minutes ago, and I’d like to make a case for why you will want to give. Liberty.me will combine original writing from authoritative authors with a platform that … [Read more…]
The Christian songwriter Derek Webb is fascinating. My ex-husband’s best friend introduced me to his music in college, and the first album I listened to was The House Show. Webb wasn’t a Jars of Clay or Third Day. He doesn’t write worship songs. His music is challenging. He covers Bob Dylan and calls the church … [Read more…]
American Christianity is at a crossroads. The majority of young people support gay marriage. For most of us, it turns out True Love didn’t wait. It just said it did, then got caught without a condom at a critical moment. Women aren’t “helpmeets,” so much as they’re breadwinners. While conservative Christianity fought … [Read more…]