Oxford Dictionaries define “ad hominem” as an argument “directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.” It is therefore disappointing that in his article about libertarianism and foreign policy in The American Conservative, my former colleague at the Cato Institute, Doug Bandow, spends as much time dissecting the nationality of his opponents as he does engaging with their arguments.He mentions Garry Kasparov, “a celebrity Russian living in the West” who purportedly argues “that it is the job of Americans, with maybe a couple Europeans tossed in, to destroy ISIS, save Syria, pacify the Mideast, contain Russia, save …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
