Jeremy Beer interviews me about my new book, Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy, October, 2025
Query from a reader Down Under:
I’ve read your recent post Is Taxation Theft? When It Is and When It Isn’t (Monday, 09-08-2025). You suggest that although the government has its own proper work, this doesn’t include redistribution.
Query:
If you don't mind, is it coherent for there to be such a thing as an "unwanted desire"? Or would that be an oxymoron? Someone might say that to desire not to desire P means nothing more than not desiring P -- but that seems wrong.
I am delighted to announce that my new book Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy is now available for pre-order from Creed & Culture.
Query:
Doubtlessly you’ve received other emails already since the events that took place around Charlie Kirk’s assassination, but I know no other place to ask for guidance so I must ask.
In your living memory, has the United States political climate after World War II ever been this bad?
Recently I read a news story purporting to give the results of a statistical study of the politically motivated violence in recent generations. I am resisting the temptation to comment on the timing.
During the past few weeks, a great many pundits have commented on Democratic Senator Tim Kaine’s bizarre remarks in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 4th, but although most of his critics make good points, they are missing one of the most important.