The Open Mind III: Riposte Continued

ShrinkWrapped has concluded his initial response to my Principia Liberalis. I will further the conversation as soon as possible. Again, comments are closed at the sad red earth and should be offered at ShrinkWrapped. The Open Mind III: Riposte Continued In reviewing Jay’s 25 point Principia Liberalis* a few things stood out of me.  One […]

The Open Mind III Riposte: Abridged

ShrinkWrapped has offered a first, abbreviated response to my Open Mind III post, Principia Liberalis. He explains below. Comments on this post are closed at this site and should be made at ShrinkWrapped. The Open Mind III Riposte: Abridged I had planned on addressing Jay’s 25 point Principia Liberalis today but time pressures have interfered.  […]

The Open Mind III: Principia Liberalis*

When ShrinkWrapped and I announced the inception of “The Open Mind,” we each cited as a motivation behind it the interest, in his words to me, of exploring “how two reasonably bright, reasonably decent people can disagree so significantly in their perception of reality.” One commenter, on one of our posts, suggested that we avoid […]

Whose Left on the Right of Antisemitism

It has been only the convergence of many demands – including the work of return home to Los Angeles – that has so long delayed the the next installment of “The Open Mind” debates, what The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have called – well, they haven’t actually called them anything yet. But […]

Conservative-kido: A Shrink Sidesteps a Scribe

ShrinkWrapped is, well, a shrink. A self-described libertarian-conservative psychoanalyst who blogs. We read each other – I think a little like peering into that backyard telescope at a galaxy far, far away. He says he attempts to be a reasonable libertarian-conservative, as he kindly offers that I attempt to be a reasonable liberal blogger. It’s […]