Archive for News
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
Great LewRockwell.com posts this week
Posted by: |If you don’t regularly follow LewRockwell.com, then here are some great posts you might want to check out from this stellar past week.
London Riots: What Nobody Dares To Say by Gary North
Debt Impasse: Fake and Real by Gary North
How Statism Is a Sickness, and Not Just a Destructive Political System by Scott Lazarowitz
Assembling Your Home Armory by Dick Clark
This Is What Happens When You Ban Heroin by Anthony Gregory
Enjoy!
Tags: libertarianism, News
Lighter fare for today
Posted by: |And now for something completely different… Ok not completely different, but some lighter fare for today because it’s a nice summer day and we’ve been tackling some really heavy stuff of late. I haven’t done any link posts for a while because I’ve been super-busy, but here are some really great sites/articles/funny things that have caught my attention. But first, a joke.
The philosopher Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Are you having a beer?” Descartes says, “I think not!” … and ceases to exist.
(cue groaning) Ok, onward to links…
Check it out, LCC was mentioned on Forbes.com!
This interview with Bill Gates is fascinating if you’re business-inclined.
Biometric data collection is an old idea, but with all sorts of new miniaturized technologies on the horizon it is possible to do some pretty amazing things. Check out this article for more information.
How valuable is a college degree anyway?
Did you know that the Fed has a 16 trillion dollar slush fund? Whoa.
The UK is cracking down on anybody who considers themselves an “anarchist.” I grant that there are violent “anarchists” out there, but hey there are violent “Christians” too. Don’t let the government define the terms – down with classificationism!
Save your friends from outdated email!
I love it when government agencies go toe-to-toe with each other. Check out how NASA’s latest research blows a “gaping hole” in anthropogenic global warming alarmism.
Tom Woods slams NCR for their position on using WMDs on civilians.
A Federal Court has ruled that the TSA’s scanners are constitutional, but the TSA didn’t follow the right procedures for their implementation. I’m honestly not sure if this is a negative or a positive yet.
The Evolution of Intellectual Freedom.
If you enjoy reading about technology, check out this article about the state of the tablet and e-reader market. And another interesting development: Why Borders Failed While Barnes and Noble Survived.
There was a hilarious series of comics on Pearls Before Swine (my favorite serial) about government, revolution, and getting thrown in jail for trying to start one. Start here and proceed forward for about 14 days of the comics. Takes only a little time to read through it all. You’ll thank me later… 
That’s all for now, stay tuned for more later this week!
Tags: business, comics, fun, News, politics, technology
Breaking: Ron Paul will not run for Congress again
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Lew Rockwell reports that Ron will not run for Congress in 2012, and will completely focus on the presidential campaign.
Ron Paul, the amazing and principled politician, is not running for Congress again. It’s the end of an era, but the beginning of a new one. But why is Ron not running, after finally getting a little of what he is due with his monetary committee? He has been thinking about this for some time, and wants to concentrate on the presidential campaign and future and enhanced educational efforts that will blow your socks off. Also, he has had it–to name just a few items–with: twice weekly groping by the TSA (since he has metal knees and is selected for the full feel-up every time); dealing with the crooks and creeps in Congress, especially in the rotten Texas delegation; and the deadly new district the Republicans have placed him in. There are sad aspects to this, of course. He has been the greatest congressman in American history, by many leagues. But I predict that he will have even-more and even-more-lasting influence as he uses his moral authority for teaching freedom, peace, and Austrian economics outside of politics. More later.
There is far more to life than politics, and Ron has done his part, run the race, finished the course. Obviously, he will still be involved with the liberty movement, but I for one am glad that he will be shifting away from the political arena – unless of course he wins the Presidency…
Tags: News, politicians, politics, predictions, Ron Paul
Is John Stossel becoming anti-war?
Posted by: |In April, I reported that John Stossel filmed an episode of his show at the Students for Liberty International Conference in 2011. The segment was interesting, but I was genuinely concerned that Stossel, despite being quite decent on many economics issues, had un-thoughtful view of war and history.
However, I was pleased to see the following clip of Stossel on the O’Reilly Factor, where Stossel defends Ron Paul and begins to sound pretty good on issues of foreign policy. It was rather funny, honestly, to hear Stossel say that Ron Paul is “right on everything” – including foreign policy. While Stossel doesn’t talk about jus in bello (ethics during war), where I had the biggest problem with him before, he has the right idea on jus ad bellum (justification for war). Take a look, it’s entertaining to watch that snake O’Reilly squirm and look like an idiot trying to pronounce Keynes’s name to say the least.
I should note, though, that there was a Federal Reserve in 1920. They just didn’t do much in that recession, and thus it lasted for less than a year.
Tags: Afghanistan, economics, ethics, iran, iraq, John Stossel, Media, News, war
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