Americans Are Quadruple Taxed
It has often been pointed out that corporate profits are double taxed when a corporation pays income tax on its …
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Patriotic Services
For the past two weeks, the sign in front of a church near my house has advertised a “patriotic service” …
Would Jesus Celebrate Memorial Day?
Memorial Day, as we all know, is not just the official beginning of the summer vacation season. It is a …
Dying Senselessly: Saying What Needs to Be Said About the Military
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) Dying …
The Conservative Christian Lie about Obama and the Military
That the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama was an “obomination” there is no question. During his presidency I wrote of …
What Libertarians Want From the Government
Americans of all political persuasions want something from the government, including libertarians. But what libertarians want from the government is …
Conservatism versus Libertarianism
When conservative politicians are trying to get the votes of libertarians and “libertarian-leaning” Republicans, they often tout the supposed affinity …
The Drug Test That Could Cost You Everything
Although I have written over fifty articles on the injustice, hypocrisy, insanity, senselessness, inhumanity, and evils of the government’s war …
Ending Wars, Once and For All
“Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” ~ Albert Einstein “Older men declare war. But it is the …
Should Christians Support Laws Against Prostitution?
Poor Jimmy Carter. It must be tough for a life-long liberal Democrat to almost sound like a conservative Republican. In …
Do Americans Live in a Free Society?
Whenever I hear someone say that U.S. troops fighting overseas somewhere, anywhere—it doesn’t matter where—are defending our freedoms, it makes …
The Libertarian Priority
“I am getting more and more convinced that the war-peace question is the key to the whole libertarian business.” ~ …
Old Testament Christians
There is, of course, no such thing as an Old Testament Christian, since the disciples of Jesus Christ were “called …
Religious Liberty Bills Miss the Real Issue
Same-sex marriage was first legalized in the United States in Massachusetts in 2004. That came as no surprise. But then …
The Moral Bankruptcy of Just War Theory
Review of Robert Emmet Meagher, Killing from the Inside Out: Moral Injury and Just War (Cascade Books, 2014), xxi + 161 pgs, …
Should Adultery and Fornication be Criminal Offenses?
Like most Islamic states, some states in America use criminal penalties to police the morality of their citizens. A recent …
The Prince of Peace, or the God of War?
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his …
Look out for Christian Jihadists
Christian jihadist—now there is an oxymoron for you. This sounds even stranger than constitutional conservative or libertarian Republican. Nevertheless, there …
Conservatism Laid Bare
“Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It’s the only one. It’s based on thousands of years of human experience. There …
Ben Carson the Welfare and Warfare Statist
It happens every four years. Candidates for president issue books to sucker people to vote for them using the written …
Do you own your body?
If there is one thing that the smelliest, most down-and-out, most destitute, most forsaken homeless guy who sleeps under a …
Christianity, Libertarianism, and the Drug War
This talk was given on August 8, 2015 as a keynote address at the Christians for Liberty Conference in Austin, …
Why Do Libertarians Pay Taxes?
It never fails. Every time I write anything about taxes I get long, rambling e-mails from tax trolls who scour …
Real Dissent – A truly radical libertarian book
Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion by Thomas E. Woods Jr. (CreateSpace Independent …
The Flat Tax Revisited
Every four years, during the presidential election season, Republican candidates criticize the abuses of the IRS and the complexity of …
Who denigrates marriage? Maybe you and I do.
Conservative, evangelical, and fundamentalist Christians are not going to like what I am going to say. And neither are most …
Ye Shall Be As Gods
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And …
Why Don’t Conservatives Follow Their Own Constitution?
The relationship between conservatives and libertarians is sometimes a confrontational one. A reader recently forwarded to me a response …
Are you really for liberty? The Drug War Litmus Test.
Conservative Republicans are sometimes said by the media to be “libertarian” or “libertarian-leaning.” This is especially true if they say …
Joseph Judson Taylor, Man of Peace
Since the beginning of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, two words that have rarely been seen together are “Baptist” and “pacifist.” We have instead been subject to things like high-profile Baptist leader Jerry Falwell writing a defense of the Iraq war titled “God Is Pro-War” …