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Some Thoughts About ‘Identities’

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  • Religion
February 22, 2020May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In the classical Christian church we hear much about our identity in Christ.  We also have a host of other identities or roles: parent or child in a family; worker in or owner of an organization; a particular church, denomination, […]

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Wherein I am Disappointed in My Political Guru, Francis Fukuyama

  • Politics
January 13, 2020May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

My favorite political scientist, Francis Fukuyama, seems to have a blind spot about the character of bureaucrats and public employees, failing to see that they are just as ‘patrimonial’, a word he uses a lot, as any other interest group.  […]

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Insights from Francis Fukuyama on the Problem of Crony Capitalism

  • California,
  • Culture
January 7, 2020May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

This essay summarizes some of Francis Fukuyama’s historical perspective and insights on the problem ‘patrimonialism’ and its effect on society.  I briefly suggest some ways to address patrimonialism, and also identify factors that shape patrimonialism in California and elsewhere. According […]

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Things You Don’t Have to be a Libertarian to Believe

  • Politics
November 13, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Libertarians have much to contribute to the discussions of social justice.  But their main contributions – rule of law, opposition to cronyism, ‘by right’ land use, the problem of planning and knowledge, the issue of ‘public choice’ or how we […]

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Polynesian Paralysis, or the Vetocracy at Work

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February 15, 2016July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Among its other oddities, Hawaii has no water level travel between its islands.  If the inhabitants of four out of the five counties should wish to travel to Honolulu, they have to fly in a small plane and rent another […]

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The Late Chaim Potok and the 2012 Election

  • Politics
January 4, 2014January 29, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

My apologies for my long silence.  I was gone for five weeks, mainly on my wife’s business, but the last portion of the trip was a journey through the north of Greece looking mostly at painted churches.  I should start […]

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Why I am not a Communitarian

  • Politics
November 26, 2012January 4, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A philosophy called ‘communitarianism’ has often been proposed recently as an alternative to the growing libertarianism of our time.  This philosophy, they say, can combine social conservatism and economic moderation, as well as potentially reviving an emphasis on the local […]

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‘Donorcracy’ and ‘Patrimonialism’

  • Politics
December 29, 2011June 7, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Newgeography.com, one of my favorite sites, has deviated from its usual agenda to post this post on what I have called the “donorcracy.”  The pursuit of money is more important to every person pursuing electoral office than the pursuit of […]

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Learning from Francis Fukuyama

  • Politics
August 10, 2011June 7, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I have finished Francis Fukuyama’s magnum opus, The Origins of Political Order, and as you might expect I like the way he cuts across traditional categories. Of course I have read his notorious The End of History and the Last Man, […]

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The argument is that certain kinds of political ideas that are “hateful” are like pornography in that they are inherently tempting to fallen humanity. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/trump-lies-free-speech.html

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Of course, I’d call Critical Race Theory “hate speech,” too. What to do with that? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/trump-lies-free-speech.html

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