What makes a Christian libertarian different?
Scott and Kelly each submitted questions via the new FAQ page that are worth pointing out to everyone. Why not …
All Articles by Dr. Norman Horn
New Copyright Rules Released
Intellectual property, especially copyright and patents, is purely fictitious, a construction of the State. Stephan Kinsella has definitively proved such …
What Happened to the Southern Baptists?
Today we continue the podcast series of the Christianity and War Audiobook, by Laurence Vance. This essay is entitled “What …
Disciple of Liberty by Jason Rink, Book Review
In the world of literature on liberty, books fall into three distinct categories. First are the books for experts scholars, deeper works that address high level concepts, social or economic theory, and philosophical ideas. Next are the books for the informed reader, those that have a working knowledge of libertarian ideas and seek to improve one’s understanding of the philosophy of liberty. Finally, there are books for those just starting their journey in liberty, those who have little knowledge of economics or libertarian theory. Jason Rink’s Disciple of Liberty falls into the latter category, and it fills a particularly useful void in libertarian literature: an easily accessible explication of liberty to the Christian newcomer.
New FAQ Questions Added
Since the opening of the new Christian Libertarian FAQ last week, I have already received a number of interesting questions. …
Why Every President Sucked
LCC Reader and Humble Libertarian Blogger Eric Olson informed me recently of his latest project: Why Every President Sucked. You …
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 …