Mike and I have three things going with each other on this blog.
1.We agree that all direct quotes should have quote marks surrounding them. We disagree as to who’s eyesight is better. I really don’t want to spend more time on figuring this one out. I think he’s a bit younger than me (I’ll soon be 79), so I’m willing to concede the eyesight issue to him.
2.Libel
3.Abortion
I think the best way to thrash out these two issues is through the scholarly literature, not via a blog. I invite Mike to write up scholarly papers on these two issues, attacking me and Murray (and others) on libel, and me on abortion; then, publish them in a prestigious scholarly periodical such as the Journal of Libertarian Studies, and I promise to write rejoinders to both.
A word about Mike. I regard him as a gifted libertarian theorist. I am DELIGHTED that he blogs on LRC. I read LRC every day, no, correct that, several times each day, and I always look forward to reading what Mike has to say. Probably, he and I agree on, oh, 99.5% of all issues on Austro-libertarianism, but it sure is fun to disagree about the other 0.5%.
3:25 pm on May 14, 2020
