“I simply admit that I have written some rather distasteful things for the purpose of frightening Christians away from the …
“Since we see that there is hardly ever any respite from wars, which normally arise from the ambition or anger …
Review of Jack Beatty, The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began (Walker & Co., 2012), …
I have been called many things since I began writing in 2003 about the immoral, unjust invasions of Iraq and …
Air travelers were outraged when the FAA announced that there would be flight delays because air-traffic controllers had to take furloughs as a result of sequester budget cuts. But there is another federal agency whose budget cuts Americans should be cheering — the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Someone asked me what I thought about the Ten Commandments being posted inside or in front of courthouses. My short answer is: what’s the point?, who cares?, and this is much ado about nothing. My long answer is what follows.
Review of Daniel M. Bell Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World (Baker Academic, 2012), …
A Georgia teenager was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing a 13-month-old baby in a stroller …
I have a confession to make. I have been accused of writing with an agenda. I hereby plead guilty. For …
Being a constitutionalist is not enough; being a libertarian is.
I am not a fan of Barack Obama. But since there are a lot of things that could be said …
To get an idea of Ronald Sider’s perspective in this book, we might begin with a look at the man …
I am not a pastor. I am not a minister. I am not a preacher. I am not a priest. …
I have written many articles on gun control. As a book reviewer, I am especially interested in new books on gun …
Review of Martin A. Lee, Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational, and Scientific (Scribner, 2012), vii + 519 …
Some libertarians are applauding the recent Supreme Court decisions relating to same-sex marriage, not because of anything to do with …
Review of Glenn Beck, Control: Exposing the Truth about Guns (Threshold Editions, 2013), xvi + 189 pgs., paperback, $12.00. I …
Introduction to War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism by Laurence Vance (Vance Publications, 2013), …
The legislature of the state of Colorado recently passed, and the governor signed into law, a bill to repeal an …
This past Memorial Day brought forth the usual military idolatry. What makes it worse, though, is that this military idolatry …
Philip Mauro (1859-1952) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated at Columbian University in the nation’s capital, now known …
Hillsdale College in Michigan hosts Mises Lectures in free-market economics and houses the library of Mises in the Ludwig von …
Is it okay to kill? I don’t mean a bug in your house, a snake in your garage, or a …
In between drug prohibition and drug freedom are two concepts that are often confused. Drug prohibition is the criminalization of …
When it comes to governments the world over, bad economic policies usually beget more bad economic policies. That is especially …
A shorter version of this essay was presented at the 2013 Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute. Alexander …
Ronald Sider is a liberal. Paul Ryan is a conservative. But don’t let the labels fool you; they are more …
“Were it not for the support offered by several tens of millions of evangelicals, militarism in this deeply and genuinely …
He is not, according to former CIA analyst and current Christian axis of evil candidate Mark D. Tooley, as long …
There exists much confusion in the political sphere about libertarianism. Conservatives often mischaracterize it as discounting human nature and disdaining …
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