Of Pilgrims and Communism
As people in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we rightly express gratitude for the divine providence that sustains …
Tag: socialism
Weekend Insights – Space, the Final Frontier
Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI “President’s Corner” of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I’m thinking about…
When Christians Love Political Power More Than People
… the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of …
Is Jesus killing America? No, Jesus is life.
Calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles …
Weekend Insights – Is it over?
Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI “President’s Corner” of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I’m thinking about…
Weekend Insights – Happy Birthday Hayek, and here’s some advice…
Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI “President’s Corner” of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I’m thinking about…
Weekend Insights – Dogecoin Raps and Coronavirus Cowards
Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI “President’s Corner” of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I’m thinking about…
Jesus Was Not a Socialist
Our dear friend Larry Reed, an advisor to LCI and former President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), recently …
You Can Learn A lot About Socialized Care from Prison
“I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you …
The March of History – Mises vs. Marx
AIER just released an incredible video about the ongoing war of ideas of socialism versus capitalism, exemplified in the persons …
Elucidating Ellul #1: The Problems of Capitalism and the Bigger Problems of Socialism
The French sociologist Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was not just ahead of his time. He was a remarkably independent and eccentric …
Democratic Socialism: A Sit Down with the Nanny-State
Part I: Socialisms on a Spectrum “Democratic socialism is a democracy in which the people control the economy and government, …
Does Democratic Socialism Promote Biblical Values?
This is a guest post by Mike Maharrey, and was originally published on GodArchy.org An article by Obery M. Hendricks …
Even Good Theologians Do Bad Economics
CJay Engel at The Reformed Libertarian has begun a series of articles that address the rising concern that libertarian Christians often …
The Jesus and Socialism Debate
I was recently informed that Lawrence Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), will be on the Up …
Our Disordered Lives
By Rev. Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay …
Who should support the disabled?
This article originally was published at the Future of Freedom Foundation on December 26, 2012. Some of the most terrifying …
Our Disordered Lives
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was …
Socialism is not Christian
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally …
Statist Baggage on the Airlines
First it was the TSA; now it’s the airlines. In addition to getting their bodies squeezed by the TSA, airline …
Why do “They” turn to socialism?
By Edmund Opitz (1914-2006), author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- Every …
Should We Let Things Get So Bad They Finally Get Better?
A snippet I wrote for the March 2010 issue of Liberty Magazine in the Reflections section under the title “Story …
The Market Economy and Its Life-Support System
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The World …
Jim Wallis Hates Tax Cuts
My friend Doug Stuart sent me Jim Wallis’s response to the renewed tax cuts: The quote that drove me nuts: …
Enjoy Capitalism!
Capitalism is the only moral social system. Only a capitalist system allows you to act in your own interest, to keep what you have worked for and trade it with other willing individuals. For much of human history, wealth has been produced primarily by looting or enslaving others. Under capitalism wealth is created by serving others, by creating values for them.
The Liberating Arts
By Edmund Opitz. —- The recent movie called Out of Africa has acquainted millions of Americans with the name of …
Economics Has the Answer: What’s the Question?
By Edmund Opitz. Adam Smith’s monumental achievement was to enlarge the individual person’s freedom of action in economic affairs, and …
Churches and the Social Order
By Edmund Opitz. The church plays an important role in human life. It was once the unwritten rule in polite …
A Tribute to Edmund A. Opitz
Mr. Robert Sirico, President of the Acton Institute, made these remarks on the occasion of the retirement dinner of Mr. …
Universal Health Care is the new Post Office
Cash for Clunkers made no sense whatsoever. The Climate-Change Bill was just moronic. Universal Health Care, though, is going to …