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Fox News Has a Weak Constitution
Posted by: |Jon Stewart rips commentators at Fox News a new one in this 7 minute segment from the Daily Show. In the clip, he puts on display the frightening inconsistency of supposed “freedom-promoting” anchors on Fox News, most of whom have no problem completely shredding the Bill of Rights in pursuit of fear- and war-mongering.
Despite Stewart’s misstep at the end regarding requiring background checks for purchase of firearms, he lays a clear example of how current “conservatism” has nothing to do with liberty and everything to do with power. If only he realized that his liberalism basically does the same thing.
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Tags: constitution, Fox News, Jon Stewart, Media, News, video
End the War on Kidneys! (and other News of the Week)
Posted by: |Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week.
There is a terrible war on kidneys the government is waging, and it has to stop!
LCC writer Isaac Morehouse writes that intellectual property is childish. Well, when even the New York Times is concerned about patents being used as swords, you have to wonder…
LCC writer Laurence Vance has a two new articles out as well: Americans Are Already Double and Triple Taxed and Government Impossible.
By some standards, a number of other countries are more economically libertarian than the United States.
Are government regulators destroying your home appliances? Yes, Virginia, they are.
Here is how the government created a problem that created another problem, then problematized things even more with a pathetic solution.
Have you been to LCC recently? If not, here’s what you might have missed:
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Tags: economics, government, health, health issues, intellectual property, libertarianism, News, News of the Week, war on drugs
Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week.
This past week, I was in London for a conference on membrane science and technology giving a presentation on my past Ph.D. research. And as a bonus, I got to meet up with long-time LCC reader and friend Christopher Bevis and his wife Carol for the first time EVER! Here is a picture of us after a pint of beer and a gallon of conversation:
Many long-time readers will remember Chris Bevis’s great guest article Caesar and God in Context from early 2009. I keep telling him he needs to write more…
See, this is what happens when I come to YOUR town! At any rate, since I was traveling most of the week I do not have much else to share with you. But I have plenty of cool photos! Here is another one, just for kicks:
Doug Stuart wanted me to alert you to some recent articles at Bleeding Heart Libertarians that discuss “fairness” in free markets. Of course, this reminded me of Laurence Vance’s excellent article The Myth of the Just Price. All of these articles are important to understanding the morality of markets overall – an immensely significant topic for any libertarian.
And here is your moment of Zen, this week care of www.ALittleWhiteNoise.com.
Have you been to LCC recently? If not, here are a few posts you may have missed:
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Tags: News, News of the Week
Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week.
American Christians should be concerned about drugs not because the drugs themselves harm (some do, and some not so much), but because the United States government uses drugs as an excuse to wage total war on the American people. Anthony Gregory recently published reasons why the Right should oppose the drug war at AmCon Mag.
I’m also excited to announce that our very own Laurence Vance is releasing a new book about the drug war on September 30th. He is sending me a copy with haste and I look forward to telling all of you about it soon.
Rand Paul, to me, is somewhat of a mixed bag, but sometimes he really surprises me. For instance, at the recent Values Voter Conference he clearly argued for a non-interventionist foreign policy, even saying, “I don’t believe Jesus would have killed anyone.” Kudos to Rand for sticking to the peace message here.
I would be remiss to point out, though, that one can also be a Christian nonvoter like Jim Fedako. Whatever you choose, do so knowing why you do it.
Did you know that the Federal Reserve now has police powers? And that they’re buying massive amounts of ammunition? So much for being a “private” institution (as if it ever was one)!
How about another infographic? Here is one on online piracy that is… very informative!
And now for you’re moment of Zen…
The chemist in me found this very, very funny.
Have you been to LCC recently? If not, here are a few posts you may have missed:
- Painting Government Into a Corner
- Dealing with Colossians 3
- Lies, Damn Lies, and the Republican Party Platform
- Do you still have a 9-11 Mentality?
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Tags: ethics, foreign policy, infographic, Jesus, News, News of the Week, Rand Paul, voting, war, war on drugs
News of the Week: War, books, and Romans
Posted by: |Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week.
Economist, Mises Institute scholar, and friend Bob Murphy gives his perspective on Romans 13, pehaps the first of several posts on his blog?
Shaun Connell presents a Biblical case for libertarian government.
Judge Andrew Napolitano asks: What is a just war?
Jon Utley at American Conservative magazine (my favorite “conservative” publication) talks about Evangelicals, Ron Paul, and War.
President Obama invokes Christianity to support his policies. Impressively bad on all fronts.
This week on LCC, Doug Stuart reviewed two books for us:
I found this picture hilarious. If you don’t get it, don’t worry about it, it would take a while to explain…
Here’s another picture, HT George on Facebook:
Awesome.
Have some relevant news and links you want to share? Post in the comments below. I read every comment and respond more often than not. Let me know what you’re thinking!
Tags: libertarianism, News, News of the Week, Romans 13, theology, war
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