Tom Palmer in Athens, November 2014 Tom Gordon Palmer (born 1956 in Bitburg-Mötsch, West Germany) is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and Vice President for International Programs at the Atlas Network. Read full biography of Tom G. Palmer →
It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and... →
If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?
Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract... →
It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives.
Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one... →
The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now... →
Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.
Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.
The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of... →
What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.
Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America.
Obligations may be universal or particular.
Obviously, all of us have been influenced by those around us.
Tom Palmer in Athens, November 2014 Tom Gordon Palmer (born 1956 in Bitburg-Mötsch, West Germany) is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and Vice President for International Programs at the Atlas Network.