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Edmund Opitz – Minister to Liberty
Posted by: | CommentsThis article first appeared in Young American Revolution magazine in the March 2010 issue.
If a patron saint for the libertarian movement were to be chosen, at the top of the list would be Rev. Edmund A. Opitz, minister and theologian for liberty. He was a good friend of Murray Rothbard and many others in the freedom movement—he was present from the beginning and knew almost everyone. From the 1950s through the 1990s, Opitz called the church to an integrated understanding of religion, economics, and individual liberty. He passed away in 2006, creating a void yet to be filled but leaving this world much better than he had found it. Read More→
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Summer Reading – Top 10 books that you should drop everything to read now…
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Looking for some good summer reading, fellow Christian libertarians? I gave this list to a friend in mid-July (a reader of LCC, incidentally) when he asked what 10 books I would recommend that he drop everything to read right now… Ok then, here they are! Some I’ve mentioned in previous articles, but some will be new to you, I hope. In fact, not all of this list is straight libertarian philosophy or theological treatise… there’s some fiction, some personal finance, and some business productivity stuff too. Enjoy!
- Ron Paul, The Revolution: A Manifesto – If you haven’t read this yet, you should. Become a part of the R3VOLUTION!
- Murray Rothbard, For a New Liberty – This is a great way to delve into libertarian thought. It’s freely available online as a PDF, HTML, or MP3 audiobook. (BONUS: A cheaper alternative if you want a paperback would be Linda and Morris Tannehill’s The Market for Liberty. It’s shorter than Rothbard, and slightly randian-sounding, but awesome.)
- Tom Woods, Meltdown – The best quick way to understand the current economic crisis, its causes/solutions, and a bunch of Austrian econ.
- Frederic Bastiat, The Law – Essential classic reading in the classical liberal tradition.
- John Cobin, Christian Theology of Public Policy – There isn’t much out there better than this when it comes to Christian libertarian stuff. (BONUS: Cobin’s Bible and Government is less expensive and covers a lot of the same.)
- Boldrin and Levine, Against Intellectual Monopoly – This is the book I am currently reading, and boy am I excited about it. B&L just thrash the notion that intellectual property is necessary for innovation to be maintained in an economy, and in fact history shows exactly the opposite! IP is an invention of the state to give legalized monopolies, nothing more. Abolish it! (BONUS: Make sure to read Stephan Kinsella’s awesome Against Intellectual Property, a paper from the Journal of Libertarian Studies, in conjunction with B&L.)
- Ramit Sethi, I Will Teach You To Be Rich – Ramit is great on personal finance, and I highly recommend his book and his blog. Highly informative and fun to read. You *will* learn a lot. I pride myself on being a very good money manager and yet I’m learning tons of useful things!
- Robert Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress – A fun, fun book about revolution on the moon by the master of science-fiction. Incidentally, this book is where we get the acronym/phrase “TANSTAAFL”, which means, “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” Heheh.
- David Allen, Getting Things Done – This book revolutionized the way I work. GTD is all about getting things out of your head and into an organizational system you can trust and review regularly in order to operate at maximum productivity as much as possible. For all you busy professionals out there, you MUST check this book out and see what you can learn and apply in your work.
- Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death – I reviewed this book on LCC a short time ago, so check that article out for more information. It is enough to say that Postman has delivered an excellent cultural critique that should pique the interest of anyone in pursuit of truth.
So, what are you reading this summer, and what have you already finished? Let everybody know in the comments. All books welcome, libertarian and otherwise! Don’t be shy!
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The Humongous Page of Libertarian Resources
Posted by: | CommentsI have wanted for quite some time to construct a page of online resources for libertarians (but especially libertarian Christians), which would include tons of links to the major libertarian websites one should be familiar with, blogs of note, and important articles. I am finally ready to release it into the wild, and I hope you find something of use on this very cool link list.
You will note that this list exists in two places on LCC: right here as a blog post, and also as a separate Wordpress Page. There are two reasons for this. First, I want to feature the page prominently at the top of LibertarianChristians.com so that everyone can see it. Second, I want you to have a convenient way of commenting so that you can recommend other sites that should be on this list, and since I have comments on pages disabled that necessitates a post. I cannot claim that this is a complete list, or even that it’s my Top 100, but I want it to be constantly expanding and increasing in usefulness for everyone.
So, please take a look and feel free to comment, maybe you’ll find a site you’ve never heard of before now or an interesting classic article to read. And tell your friends to check it out, too.
At this time, the Resources Page is organized into these categories:
- Libertarian Websites – the sites all libertarians should know
- Libertarian Christian Blogs – Selected blogs for Christians of libertarian persuasion
- General Libertarian Blogs – Selected blogs of general libertarian interest
- Social Networking – Connect with other libertarians
- Article Links – Significant and timely articles
- Biblical Studies – Various ways of obtaining biblical/historical knowledge online
(I’m still working on HTML anchors for the headings, be patient!)
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Links for this Memorial Day
Posted by: | CommentsLaurence Vance and Bob Murphy report how the church has gone wacko in worship of the State rather than God:
A conservative talk show host agrees to undergo waterboarding. Seven seconds later he says it really is torture.
Hat-tip to Kelse Moen at YAL for posting this Chesterton poem: “The English Graves.”
Were I a wandering citizen whose city is the world, I would not weep for all that fell before the flags were furled; I would not let one murmur mar the trumpets volleying forth How God grew weary of the kings, and the cold hell in the north. But we whose hearts are homing birds have heavier thoughts of home, Though the great eagles burn with gold on Paris or on Rome, Who stand beside our dead and stare, like seers at an eclipse, At the riddle of the island tale and the twilight of the ships. For these were simple men that loved with hands and feet and eyes, Whose souls were humbled to the hills and narrowed to the skies, The hundred little lands within one little land that lie, Where Severn seeks the sunset isles or Sussex scales the sky. And what is theirs, though banners blow on Warsaw risen again, Or ancient laughter walks in gold through the vineyards of Lorraine, Their dead are marked on English stones, their loves on English trees, How little is the prize they win, how mean a coin for these – How small a shrivelled laurel-leaf lies crumpled here and curled: They died to save their country and they only saved the world.
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