What Would Burke Do: The Conservative Case for Paleo
Contrary to Jordan Bloom’s misgivings about the anti-civilization aspects of the paleo diet, conservatives and paleo adherents are natural allies.
Author: Stan TsirulnikovFollow @stantsirulnikov
Elder Dawkins: Why Did No One Care When Richard Dawkins Slammed Mormonism?
Richard Dawkins’ statements about Mitt Romney and Mormonism show that it is religiosity itself that draws his ire, not just Islam. Dawkins may be religious hater, but he is an equal opportunity hater.
Is Austrian Economics Too Popular for Its Own Good?
Its new popularity may be contributing to the marginalization of Austrian economics as a scientific discipline.
Why Voting is Like a YouTube Comment
Be very afraid: the guy talking smack about your favorite cat photo is also voting for president.
Unintended Consequences of Life Extension
Progressive are afraid that longer life-spans or near immortality would damage the environment or exacerbate societal inequality. But the consequences of extended life-spans may actually lead to more progressive policies on those issue.
Right by Accident: Science and Rational Ignorance
Scientific knowledge is like any other area of specialized knowledge: the average person is rationally ignorant and will use ideology and rules-of-thumb, rather than the expert knowledge that they do not possess, to guide their behavior.
The Post-Gladwellian Paradox: Why Intuitive is the New Counterintuitive
We have reached a tipping point in popular culture: novelty is still the best way to gain attention and prominence, but novelty is now defined by challenging the last decades’s worth of exuberant claims made by journalists, Internet gurus, and others.
Progressive Immigration Protectionism
Progressives know that the American public will not support direct subsidies to individual workers harmed by immigration, so they use restrictions as a cynical half-measure to prevent the supposed harm from happening at all.
Paleofantastical Thinking
Does new research on human evolution cast doubt on evolution-based lifestyle advice?
Media Cycles
Down-on-his-luck athlete seeks job at Internet magazine.
