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Last time Charles Murray came to campus, in 2013, a handful of students staged a “walk out,” arguing that Duke should reject racist speakers. I replied with a call to be careful not to conclude someone is racist from the fact that he believes there are small average genetic differences between human populations.
I never thought I’d use the words “President Donald Trump” in a sentence. But I am less worried about his election than many, and I hold out hope that we can all learn some valuable lessons. Here are a few.
The content of Kirby Wilson’s article on changing patterns of heroin use in Durham beautifully (but unintentionally) illustrates the power of relative prices. It also serves as warning against listening to physicians and other “health professionals” who give us advice about how to tackle the problem of drug use. First of all, not all drug use is a problem. Some drug users are rational consumers, rather than addicts frothing at the mouth, and—according to Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron—most drug users are not drug addicts. This claim is likely to make some people angry, but anger doesn’t make it false.
In his polemical column in the October 21 edition of The Chronicle, Prashanth Kamalakanthan calls for students to stage a “walk out” at the upcoming Charles Murray talk on Monday, October 28. But the arguments he offers to support his recommendation mix misleading empirical claims with misguided moral assumptions.
