Archive for activism
Last fall I gave a talk at the Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2010 during the Student Panel that touched on a variety of topics: leadership, activism, even some tidbits of philosophy. Here’s the Youtube video of the talk(while you’re at it, you should subscribe to the LCC Youtube Channel).
For more of the student panel videos, check out the full playlist.
I love Students for Liberty and look forward to seeing how this organization will change the world in the future.
Tags: activism, leadership, philosophy, students
To Save the World
Posted by: |By Edmund Opitz, originally published in the April 1984 edition of The Freeman.
Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning, in a modern translation, “the mess we are in.” A great number of our contemporaries must understand it so, because never have so many persons and organizations come forward with such a variety of schemes for reforming other people and saving the world. This is the age of the Man with the Plan. The reformer, with his blueprints for social uplift, is in his heyday. I suppose that I too would be classified by some as a reformer, for I travel around the country making speeches and taking part in seminars. And the gist of what I have to say is that, indeed, things are in bad shape, but that they might be improved if we approached economic and political issues with more sense and in a different spirit. If the distinguishing mark of a reformer is his yen to save the world, then I am not a reformer. But I live close enough to the tribe so that many of them send me their literature.
Tags: activism, economics, Edmund Opitz, free market, free society, freedom, Marx
Jesus, Politics, and You
Posted by: |Part 2 of 2.
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.” Luke 19:41–42
As Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to shouts of, “Hosanna” and cloaks and palm branches thrown on the road before him, it seems it must have been a joyful experience. But instead of taking joy in the cheers of the people, Jesus wept over the city.
I’m no Biblical scholar or Jewish historian, but what little I’ve studied of the Bible and the history of the time suggests that the kind of savior the people expected was not the kind Jesus came to be. And for their misplaced hopes, he felt pain. Read More→
Tags: activism, christian libertarian, freedom, libertarianism, politics
Do More Guns Lead to Less Crime?
Posted by: |Last week, an AK-47-wielding student caused a major scare on the UT campus. He ultimately killed himself in the library. Fortunately, no one else was hurt. That same day, the Libertarian Longhorns and UT Students for Concealed Carry on Campus were scheduled to host John Lott, famed author of More Guns, Less Crime, to speak about his research showing that government restrictions upon firearms are counterproductive.
Thanks to Rob Love of Texans for Accountable Government, we have video of the event. It has officially been posted on Youtube, and we hope you will assist us in making this go viral. We need people to understand the gravity of this kind of restriction upon our individual property rights. It’s not just about students needing to protect themselves, it’s about grasping the limits of government power.
Here’s the Youtube playlist, I know it’s a long series (8 parts!) but at least try to catch some of it. Know the facts!
Tags: activism, crime, ethics, firearms, gun laws, gun rights, second amendment
Students for Liberty Award Winners
Posted by: |One of the highlights of the SFL International Conference was the awards presentation on Friday night. I was actually one of the students nominated for the “Student of the Year” award – in part because of LibertarianChristians.com – but I didn’t win. Nevertheless, just to be included in a group of students such as these was a great honor in and of itself. The other two awards were for “Student Group of the Year” and “Event of the Year.” Here are all the award winners this year with their descriptions from the SFL website. There is much we can learn from the passion of these students! Read More→
Tags: activism, students
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