Dr. Norman Horn

Norman is the founder and President of the Libertarian Christian Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Theological Studies from Lipscomb University. He has been widely published in multiple fields and has written for the Washington Post, Relevant Magazine, Young American Revolution, the Journal of Research of NIST, and UV Solutions Magazine.

Author: Dr. Norman Horn

More Free Books: Cult of the Presidency

News

Free books are good, right? The Cult of the Presidency is currently available for free in electronic form from the Cato Institute’s website. The author Gene Healy gave the keynote ...

Teensploitation

Economics

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 ...

Happy Fifth Anniversary to Us!

Announcements

Today is my wife and I’s FIFTH anniversary! Then: Vs. now: And still ridiculously happy!

Sunday is Coming!

Media

This video was too good not to post, so enjoy this great parody movie trailer… Now, to be clear, I have very little against “contemporary music” save the vacuity in ...

Great Libertarian Quotes in Heinlein

Libertarianism

Yesterday on LewRockwell.com, Jeff Riggenbach posted a short essay entitled Was Robert A. Heinlein a Libertarian? It reminded me of how much I enjoyed Heinlein’s incredible novel, The Moon is ...

Tax Slavery Sucks

Libertarianism

This article is #19 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Stop Statism

Libertarianism

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 ...

Theological Traditions

Theology

Many people do not like the word “tradition.” It holds connotations of oldness or stinginess, and in our modern way we like new, different, novel, unique. But our traditions are ...

Stop Rent-seeking

Libertarianism

This article is #17 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Mission Accomplished, Obama-Style

News

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 ...

Podcast: War, Foreign Policy, and the Church (Part 2)

Appearances

My apologies for being late with part 2 of “War, Foreign Policy, and the Church,” but life happens, you know? This is the exciting conclusion to one of Laurence Vance’s ...

Is Catholicism anti-Libertarian?

Libertarianism

My good friend Daniel Coleman, who is Catholic and a libertarian, had an interesting email exchange with Dr. Tom Woods about Catholic teaching in tension with libertarian theory. The discussion ...

Social Slavery

Libertarianism

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 ...

What is the point of private property if you cannot use it?

News

An interesting example of confusion about private property came up this past week. I formerly lived in St. Louis, and I loved listening to KFUO radio, one of the best ...

Libertarian Overtones in Iron Man 2

Culture

I had the great opportunity to see Iron Man 2 at the IMAX in Austin on opening day last Friday. Though it didn’t quite match the sheer delight of the ...

Smoking is Healthier than Fascism

Libertarianism

This article is #15 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Podcast: War, Foreign Policy, and the Church (Part 1)

Appearances

As promised, the weekly podcast is here! In this selection from Christianity and War by Laurence Vance, we cover a lot of ground. So much so, in fact, that I ...

Leo Tolstoy and Non-Resistance

Christian Ethics

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 ...

Progressives Against Progress

Economics

“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, ...

Podcast: The Unholy Desire of Christians to Legitimize Killing in War

Appearances

After a major hiatus, the LCC Podcast is back! I am continuing the Audiobook series of Christianity and War by Laurence Vance, and today is officially the 14th installment, with ...

Politics Hurt

Politics

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. ...

Anarchy and Christianity

Book Reviews

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 ...

ImmiGreat

Economics

Thanks in large part to misinformation, protectionist legislation passed with the support of Big Labor and other rent-seeking groups, and rhetoric accompanying these actions, immigration has become a divisive topic. ...

It’s Tax Day 2010, have you paid your fee to live?

Politics

Today is Thursday April 15th, 2010, and today your tax return is due. Last year I wrote a 10 article series leading up to April 15 called “10 Things I ...

Sunday Funnies: Organized Crime

News

Oh dad, you always were the wise one…

WikiLeaks releases suppressed video from Iraq

Media

Warning: The material you are about to witness is graphic – because it is war. If you’re still under the impression that the U.S. Federal Government’s wars in the Middle ...

Homeland Tyranny

Politics

This article is #10 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Hands Off My Home

Economics

Thanks in large part to the work of the Institute for Justice and the 2005 Supreme Court case Kelo v. New London, eminent domain (the taking of private property by ...

What’s the difference between a gas station and a hospital?

Economics

We hear a lot of Republican and Democrat talking points about healthcare.  As Libertarians, it’s important that people understand that we have our own voice and our own solutions for ...

ObamaCare finishes what LBJ started

Media

Yesterday evening, the illustrious U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4872, the Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. Thus Obama, Biden, Pelosi, and company have finished what ...

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