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Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week.
David Theroux at the Independent Institute has written an excellent article called Secular Theocracy. You will see many references to C.S. Lewis in the article as well.
It’s funny that after my Washington Post article, I have seen a number of new articles popping up at notable websites such as Relevant Magazine talking about Christian libertarianism. Unfortunately, they rarely seem to link to LibertarianChristians.com or even to the Washington Post article. But more importantly, Christianity and liberty are being talked about together like never before (at least, perhaps not in this generation). This is an exciting development and I think I can safely say that LibertarianChristians.com is a contributor to this trend.
Now for the sad news. We are told that justice should be blind, but we know it never is. Sometimes, though, you cannot help but be mortified by the American justice system. This is what we learned about justice this week:
Run the file-sharing website MegaUpload: get up to 50 years in prison.
Rape and murder one woman: 20 years.
Murder 24 civilians: demotion… and maybe 3 months.
And people wonder why we criticize the State.
Let’s close with a quote from Murray Rothbard:
"The idea of a strictly limited constitutional State was a noble experiment that failed, even under the most favorable and propitious circumstances. If it failed then, why should a similar experiment fare any better now? No, it is the conservative laissez-fairist, the man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, ‘Limit yourself’; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian."
Tags: christian libertarian, justice, law, News
News of the Week, January 15-21, 2012
Posted by: |Today we restart the traditional News of the Week posts, where we highlight a few significant, interesting, and amusing stories each week.
David Neff at Christianity Today wonders if an evangelical meeting to anoint a presidential candidate is a bad idea.
Three articles at Antiwar.com caught my attention this week: Who Wants War With Iran?, Blood On Whose Hands, and Another Reason Not to Go to War So Often.
William Grigg writes about the current crop of presidential candidates who think state murder is a “moral enterprise.”
I mentioned this article yesterday but I would like to highlight again Anthony Gregory’s piece on LRC about why the left’s excuses for not supporting Ron Paul are ridiculous.
Doug Bandow writes in the Huffington Post about that perennial question, Who Would Jesus Vote For? Should we even ask?
Ron Paul Schools Santorum:
I heard about Word Dynamo from my colleagues at UT, and I have to say it is super fun. If you enjoy wordsmith-ing around, you’ll love this site.
If you have interesting news you would like to share, make sure to post in the comments below!
Tags: elections, News of the Week, politicians, politics, Ron Paul, war
Weighing Political Planks and the Obama Dilemma
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I have heard it said numerous times in the past month alone, by Christians nonetheless, that the important thing about the next election is “getting rid of Obama.” Such sentiment, to me, is relatively nonsensical. What good is it to get rid of someone from public office if the replacement is just the same or worse?
Tags: elections, Obama, politicians, politics, Ron Paul
Today is Internet Blackout Day
Posted by: |If you tried to visit Wikipedia today, you probably were quite disappointed since you saw a page much like this:
Tags: intellectual property, internet, law, legislation
I want to take a moment and say how thankful I am for the opportunity to write for the Washington Post, and how thankful I am to everyone, LCC readers and otherwise, who helped share it with other people. The importance of sharing information such as this cannot be overestimated, getting the word out there is critical and it needs to be discussed amongst scholars, churchmen, pastors, laymen, seminarians, and students. Otherwise, no beliefs will be changed, no minds will be won over. The activity I saw on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ regarding the article was incredible, and I truly appreciate all of my friends who valued it enough to share it with others. Over 300 people commented on WashingtonPost.com.
The coverage that the article received was massive, and I imagine that it has been the most widely disseminated piece I have ever written. I can only hope that it will bring more and more people to a better of understanding of Christianity and liberty.
Many other websites mentioned it as well, here is a list of a number of places where I saw links to the piece in some way. Some are just quotes and a link, some are positive, and some are negative. Nonetheless, I appreciate it.
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First Thoughts, the blog of the academic journal of Christianity and public life First Things. This is a thoughtful post to which I may respond here.
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Acton Power Blog (indirectly, through First Things)
- LewRockwell.com
- Lew Rockwell’s Political Theatre
- Topsy (tracking Twitter mentions)
- Revelations Radio Network (see podcast on 12-28)
- Twylah.com (pretty much a WaPo On Faith double)
- Digest of Biblical Civil Law
- Mark McIntire
- Zionica
- Skyler Collins
- Lots of RonPaulForums links (too many to list)
- Free North Carolina
- HotAir.com
- Butler Liberty Law
- Ron Paul’s Campaign of Ideas
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Reddit.com and Digg.com
- Strike the Root
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BigJournalism.com (to which I responded here)’
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SBC Today (blog of the Southern Baptist Convention)
There are many more, I am sure. Feel free to add more in the comments. Overall, I saw hundreds of Facebook shares, hundreds of Twitter mentions, and hundreds upon hundreds of comments on articles all over the net. Thanks again!
One of the best results is that the piece has skyrocketed to the top of search engine results for searches including both “Christian” and “libertarian”. LibertarianChristians.com has historically been ranked very highly as well, and so this raises the visibility of the site and our viewpoints even more. Outstanding!
Tags: christian libertarianism, libertarianism, Ron Paul
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