Why Every President Sucked
LCC Reader and Humble Libertarian Blogger Eric Olson informed me recently of his latest project: Why Every President Sucked. You …
All Articles by Dr. Norman Horn
Tolstoy On Violent Revolution
Running on the coat-tails of yesterday’s post, here is an excerpt I found particularly interesting in The Kingdom of God …
Leo Tolstoy Against the State
Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is considered one of the greatest novelists of all time. War and Peace and Anna Karenina have inspired millions over the last century. Less well-known about Tolstoy, though, is that his interpretation of Christian ethics has had a profound effect upon the world, especially regarding non-resistance and pacifism. In this paper, I will examine the development of these themes in Tolstoy’s philosophy as they appear in The Kingdom of God is Within You.
Announcing the Christian Libertarian FAQ
There are a lot of changes happening on the tech-side of LCC right now. Some are small (things you’ll never …
Great Libertarian Memes
Since January 30th of this year, I have been posting reprints of “meme” articles that Bureaucrash once promoted. I believed …
Gay Rights, Marriage, and Government Intervention
I recently received an email from David Lampo, Publications Director of the Cato Institute, regarding a Christian libertarian’s viewpoint on …
Who Owns You?
This article is #21 – and the final article – of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, …
Jon Stewart Crushes Obama on Civil Liberties
This clip speaks for itself. Oh wait, I get it. He’s a Democrat stealing the thunder of Republican big-government programs. …
More Free Books: Cult of the Presidency
Free books are good, right? The Cult of the Presidency is currently available for free in electronic form from the …
Teensploitation
Far from being environments conducive to learning, schools across the world coerce students to conform to the whims of politicians and bureaucrats. Billed as bastions of free expression, intellectual honesty and rigor, administrators have turned schools into prisons for the mind, where one-size- fits-all policies are forced upon youth and where independent thoughts are discarded. It’s a world in which the government will tell a student what they can and can’t think, wear, say, or do. It’s a world that crushes the individual for the benefit of those in power — a practice we’ve dubbed “Teensploitation.”
Happy Fifth Anniversary to Us!
Today is my wife and I’s FIFTH anniversary! Then: Vs. now: And still ridiculously happy!
Sunday is Coming!
This video was too good not to post, so enjoy this great parody movie trailer… Now, to be clear, I …
Great Libertarian Quotes in Heinlein
Yesterday on LewRockwell.com, Jeff Riggenbach posted a short essay entitled Was Robert A. Heinlein a Libertarian? It reminded me of …
Tax Slavery Sucks
This article is #19 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Stop Statism
Statists are anti-progress. Statists claim their policies are for the common good. For some this claim is just a front to get more power, but for others it is a genuine goal. Nevertheless, even the most well-intentioned statists, who believe that granting government the power to control individual actions will result in a better outcome, violate rights and cause harm.
Theological Traditions
Many people do not like the word “tradition.” It holds connotations of oldness or stinginess, and in our modern way …
Stop Rent-seeking
This article is #17 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Mission Accomplished, Obama-Style
On January 23, 2009 a two-day-inaugurated President Obama ordered his first murder of Iraqis with Predator drones. Now, exactly sixteen months past his inauguration, Barack Obama has failed to live up to one of the simplest measurable campaign promises I can imagine, a complete pullout of Iraq in sixteen months. We haven’t seen one brigade returned home without another taking its place, in fact nearly all aspects of the Federal Government’s Middle East interventions continue to increase in scope.
Podcast: War, Foreign Policy, and the Church (Part 2)
My apologies for being late with part 2 of “War, Foreign Policy, and the Church,” but life happens, you know? …
Is Catholicism anti-Libertarian?
My good friend Daniel Coleman, who is Catholic and a libertarian, had an interesting email exchange with Dr. Tom Woods …
Social Slavery
The current Social Security (aka “socialist insecurity”) system is designed as a pay-as-you-go system, in which current workers’ tax dollars pay for the benefits of retirees. And the system is in serious trouble. With increased life expectancy and a declining birth rate, there are fewer workers to support a greater number of retirees. In 1950, there were 16 workers paying for the benefits of one retiree. Today, there are about three workers per retiree, and by 2025 there will only be two. According to the Social Security Administration itself, if unreformed, Social Security will begin running a deficit by 2017, and by 2060 Social Security and Medicare combined will make up 71 percent of the federal budget.
What is the point of private property if you cannot use it?
An interesting example of confusion about private property came up this past week. I formerly lived in St. Louis, and …
Libertarian Overtones in Iron Man 2
I had the great opportunity to see Iron Man 2 at the IMAX in Austin on opening day last Friday. …
Smoking is Healthier than Fascism
This article is #15 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Podcast: War, Foreign Policy, and the Church (Part 1)
As promised, the weekly podcast is here! In this selection from Christianity and War by Laurence Vance, we cover a …
Leo Tolstoy and Non-Resistance
Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is considered one of the greatest novelists of all time. War and Peace and Anna Karenina have inspired millions over the last century. Less well-known about Tolstoy, though is that he had a profound effect upon many due to his interpretation of Christian ethics, especially regarding non-resistance and pacifism. In 1884, he expounded upon his beliefs in What I Believe, and this work was promptly banned in Russia for its negative depiction of the state and the Russian church. After the book had spread throughout the world and garnered attention, Russian secular and religious intellectuals began attacking his ideas. The Kingdom of God is Within You, published in 1894, is a further explanation of his beliefs and a response to his opponents.
Progressives Against Progress
“Progress” is an abused word these days, especially by bureaucrats and the special interest groups that cater to them. Yet such groups, in the name of progress and social justice, support government intervention through intervention in the market, minimum or living wages, and universal healthcare. We find neither progress nor justice in government actions that advance one group at the expense of another.
Podcast: The Unholy Desire of Christians to Legitimize Killing in War
After a major hiatus, the LCC Podcast is back! I am continuing the Audiobook series of Christianity and War by …
Politics Hurt
When confronted with a problem most people today turn to the government—but in reality, it’s often the government that created the problem and its continued involvement only exacerbates the problem. Politics distorts free market signals, quashes rights, and, quite bluntly, kills individuals.
Anarchy and Christianity
Anarchy and Christianity is a short work presenting the essentials of Ellul’s political philosophy with respect to Scripture. It reads in a scholarly manner, especially with his references to historical and textual criticism and the assumption that the reader knows something about Marxian class theory, historical theological traditions, and even a bit of Greek