Over a potential warhawk turn. UPDATE from Skip Oliva: I find this Allison-Objectivist takeover thing hilarious. When I worked with some ARI-affiliated Objectivists back in DC many years ago, I was told in no uncertain terms that Cato was the anti-Christ (anti-Rand?) and that to even speak positively of Cato’s work was a betrayal of Objectivist ideals. (The fact I wasn’t actually an Objectivist didn’t register with some of these people.) But I understand why this is happening. The Objectivists I’ve known desperately crave social respectability. They like being professors or leaders of groups. They’re not “Galt’s Gulch” types at … Continue reading Panic Inside Cato