Happy 110th Birthday, Friedrich von Hayek
If Hayek were alive today, we would be celebrating his 110th birthday today.
All Articles by Dr. Norman Horn
What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?
Yesterday was Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday. Happy birthday, our heroic anti-war American muse. Here are some other articles of libertarian …
Obama’s First 100 Days: Madmen, Blunders, Death Defined
The score thus far: 100 days down, 1361 to go. Then we get another dictator. Greeeeeaaaat. :-/ I’d like to …
My ASC 2009 talk is now available!
The presentation that I gave at the Austrian Scholars Conference 2009 became available on Mises.org today. The title, as you may …
5 out of 5 Chewbacca’s Agree: Ron Paul is the Man
5 out of 5 Chewbacca’s Agree: Ron Paul is the Man.
Sunday Article Linkage
Some Sunday reading for you A Look at the Jury System and Our Participation in It — Graham Dugas observes …
Fail or Win? – National Review can’t decide
I found this excerpt from the April 6 National Review issue to be rather ironic: Obama’s wartime detention policy takes …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes: Epilogue
No, this is not #11, it really is just an epilogue – or an afterthought… I hope you attended or …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes: The Full Series
Ah taxation, how we despise thee. You make some richer, but most poorer. You daily remind us that we live …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #10: Lost Prosperity
This is the tenth article in a series on taxation leading up to Tax Day, April 15. I think I’ve …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #9: Taxation is Theft
I have already said and illustrated this numerous times in previous articles, but I will say it once again: Taxation is theft, period. To continue this theme, I’d like to show what a few of my favorite laissez-faire economists had to say about the evils of taxation.
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #8: Living in Fear
To say that the tax code is complicated would be the understatement of the century. It is, in fact, far beyond complicated, so much so that no one in this world could possibly understand it.
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #7: Caesar’s Benevolence
Many Christians believe that paying taxes is fulfilling the Biblical command to show compassion to the poor. We just need to “render to Caesar” and Caesar will do the right thing. Is this a valid conclusion?
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #6: Withholding Taxes
This is the sixth article in a series on taxation leading up to Tax Day, April 15. If we were …
One Ring to Rule Them All
I just found a stupendous editorial cartoon, written by Terrence Nowicki, Jr. at This Is Historic Times: Awesome work, Terrence, …
Maundy Thursday
LCC reader Skinner has an interesting post on his blog about Maundy Thursday (that’s today). Surf over to his page …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #5: Your Tax Dollars at Work
Think about all the crazy things you know your tax money pays for…
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #4: Privacy and Personal Income
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #3: The Truth About Government Spending
Politicians, especially Republicans, love to talk about “cutting taxes,” and in some cases they actually do cut some taxes and ease the burden of all. Unfortunately, this masks the dirty, grimy truth that no statist wants to hear: it isn’t how you are taxed that really matters, but how the government spends.
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #2: Newspeak
Governments manipulate language for their own purposes constantly. It allows them to circumvent truth in the public square (at least to the unobservant eye and ear).
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #1: Lost Productivity
Ever wondered how much time and money are lost through federal tax returns? It actually is rather astounding even by conservative estimates. Let’s run the numbers in back-of-the-envelope style calculation.
Christians and War… and Battlestar Galactica
Tom Woods and Laurence Vance are two excellent examples of Christian libertarians, so I am delighted to share a few …
Podcast: What Is Moral About Economic Freedom
Libertarian Christians could learn something from our Jewish friends if we would pay attention. I had never heard of Rabbi …
What do you hate most about taxes?
“Tax season always begins on April 16th, and ends 365 days later.” “There are only two certainties in this life: …
Top 100 Libertarian Websites
It’s more than just websites for libertarian Christians, but W.E. Messamore at The Humble Libertarian has put together an excellent Top 100 Libertarian Websites that you should take a look at.
If President Obama Twittered
For the uninitiated… Twitter is a nifty “micro-blogging” service where you are limited to no more than 140 characters to …
Podcast: Response to Comments on Josephus Article
Today I have a special treat for everyone: the first ever LibertarianChristians.com Podcast! I have been wanting for some time …
Pictures from ASC 2009
Here’s a quick post of pictures from the Austrian Scholars Conference 2009, my apologies if it takes a while to …
Peter Schiff at the Austrian Scholars Conference 2009
One of the highlights of the Austrian Scholars Conference last week was the Hazlitt Memorial Lecture, presented by Peter Schiff. …