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Good Public Policy

What underlying principles should be used for making public policy? There is overlap, but generally speaking there are three options: bad morality, no morality, and good morality – which represent the philosophies of secular progressivism, libertarianism, and Christian conservatism respectively. The first two are based on a false sense of freedom born of modern philosophy, […]... Read More

Neo-cons and Neo-cul-cons

While neo-cons are known for being war hawks, the new cutural conservatives (neo-cul-cons?) occupy the space of “I don’t care what people do in their private lives as long as they don’t force it on others.” This position, libertarian at heart, is unteneble within the egalitarian anti-discrimination ethos that is part of the American creed. […]... Read More