Laurence Vance

When Christians Sold Out to the State En Masse

Book Reviews

Review of Gordon L. Heath, ed., American Churches and the First World War (Pickwick Publications, 2016), x + 213 pgs., paperback. It is fitting that American Churches and the First ...

Why They Died in Vain

War and Peace

Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, I have unequivocally maintained several things about the deaths of U.S. troops. Every one of the 4,450 U.S. soldiers who has died ...

Libertarian Answers to Conservative and Liberal Questions

Libertarianism

Echoing George Wallace, it has been said many times that there is not a dime’s worth of difference between liberals and conservatives. This is even usually true when the focus ...

Should discrimination laws even exist?

Libertarianism

Lawmakers in the House and Senate in my state of Florida have proposed two bills (HB 717 & SB 774) that would amend the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA) to ...

Why They Hate Us

Politics

Editor’s Note: This is an older article but particularly relevant today as the U.S. military exits Afghanistan. Please pray for our Christian brothers and sisters there as they continue to ...

Can Christians Serve Two Masters?

Christian Worldview

“No man can serve two masters” (Matthew 6:24). The fine print at the bottom of the website where I signed up to receive some religious newsletters read: “From time to ...

Should Christians Just Shut Up When the Government Speaks?

Christian Worldview

I am not on Twitter for the same reason I am not on Facebook: I have too little free time to waste it. However, I do occasionally receive examples of ...

Conservatives Believe in Federalism, Except When They Don’t

Libertarianism

When the Constitution was adopted by the states in 1789, a federal system of government was established. Federalism is the division of power between the national and state governments. Articles ...

Is Libertarianism a Mental Illness?

Libertarianism

Is it libertarians who are insane for believing in drug freedom or is it drug warriors who have a mental illness?

The Real Reason Why Roe v. Wade Should Be Reconsidered

Libertarianism

Today, January 22, is National Sanctity of Human Life Day. The first such day was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The date was chosen because it is the ...

The Libertarian Difference

Economics

How different are libertarians from liberals and conservatives? Quite different.

Trump, Tariffs, the Constitution, and the Congress

Libertarianism

Donald Trump’s ignorance and incoherence on trade were on full display during his presidential campaign, but it was not until this year that he acted on those impulses—to the detriment ...

The Way the Market Ought to Work

Culture

While in downtown Denver recently, I needed to take a cab from the convention center to Union Station in order to catch the train to the airport. I could have ...

Is Google Better than the U.S. Military?

Politics

“Google should be ashamed,” says Marc Thiessen, the former chief speechwriter for George WMD Bush who is a “is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) where he ...

Trade Myths Die Hard

Economics

I received several comments and questions regarding trade after the publication of my recent article, “Stupid Countries Restrict Trade.” Here is a summary of some questions that a few people ...

A Libertarian Primer on the Issues

Libertarianism

This article originally appeared on LewRockwell.com in November, 2016.  Although the Libertarian Party has virtually no chance of winning any presidential election, the presidential campaign of any of its candidates ...

Why Not Execute Alcohol and Tobacco Dealers?

Culture

Although about thirty countries have the death penalty for drug trafficking, only in China, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Vietnam are drug offenders routinely executed. Yet, the worst ...

And You Thought You Lived in a Free Society

Libertarianism

Because they can vote for Tweedledum or Tweedledee, the red team or the blue team, or the welfare statist or the warfare statist, Americans think they live in a free ...

Marxist Republicans

Libertarianism

May 5 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. Although Republicans have universally used the occasion to point out Marx’s bloody legacy, they have failed to realize ...

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Does Drug Testing Violate Libertarian Principles?

Libertarianism

Is testing all potential and current employees for drug use a dumb idea? I think so. But your moral—and in some cases legal—right to have drugs flowing in your veins ...

Republicans Still Don’t Get It on Gun Control

Libertarianism

As night follows day, so cries for more gun control follow another deadly shooting. But once again, it is not just Democrats, liberals, progressives howling for more or stricter gun-control ...

Free Trade or Protectionism?

Economics

Little did I know as I was planning, designing, and typesetting my new little book Free Trade or Protectionism? that the official release date I selected would coincide with the ...

Think You Live in a Free Society?

Libertarianism

Introduction to Laurence M. Vance, The Free Society (Vance Publications, 2018), xii + 468 pgs., paperback, $19.95. Most Americans think they live in a free society. They think that because ...

The Free Market at Work

Economics

In 2013, in response to the increasing “open carry” debate, Howard Schultz, the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Starbucks posted an open letter on the company’s website requesting ...

Can the Federal Government Ban Anything?

Libertarianism

Even though it is true that the government currently bans all kinds of things, I am asking a serious question. Let me expand and clarify it. Is the federal government ...

Republican Hypocrisy on Abortion

Culture

Republicans like to play the pro-life card. It makes their base think they are worthy of votes and financial support. But there is no greater example of Republican hypocrisy than ...

The GOP Tax Reform Plan: A Libertarian Analysis

Economics

Last month I did a preliminary libertarian analysis of the Republicans’ newest tax-reform plan. I concluded that their “Unified Framework For Fixing Our Broken Tax Code” left us with too ...

Lying Mattis

Politics

“I’m the secretary of defense. We defend the country.” ~ Secretary of Defense James Mattis Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis retired in 2013 after 41 years of military ...

Libertarianism Wins Hands Down (Over Conservatism)

Libertarianism

Review of Nathan W. Schlueter and Nikolai G. Wenzel, Selfish Libertarians and Socialist Conservatives? The Foundations of the Libertarian-Conservative Debate (Stanford Economic and Finance, 2017), xii + 215 pgs., paperback. ...

When Right Is Wrong

Politics

People sometimes do the right thing, but for the wrong reason—including presidents and politicians. The Obama administration slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt ...

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