Culture

Why I’m Bullish on the Future of Capitalism

Culture

Why am I not worried that some group of people or the entire world are ‘moving towards socialism’? Because I have eyes. Everywhere I look – every state, country, city, ...

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 ...

Theology in the 21st Century

Culture

Speaking at the 2017 John Witherspoon College convocation, Christian Libertarian Review General Editor and Professor Jamin Hübner presented the following talk on theology in the 21st century.

A Shining City on a Hill


Culture

Today’s guest post comes from Robert Maynard and was originally posted at Fifth Estate. ********** The notion of establishing a “City on a Hill” as an experiment in ordered liberty, ...

The Dying and Desperate Left

Culture

The American Left – which never had a sterling record to begin with – is rapidly deteriorating. In one sense it may seem surprising how expediently the Left has turned ...

The West’s Deadly Speech Pathology

Culture

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God. And the Word was God. Go to any western liberal arts university class and you’ll hear the choir ...

I Pledge Allegiance to the State?

Culture

Theologian Preston Sprinkle wrote a short blog the other day about why he stopped saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Like Sprinkle relates in his own account, it’s probably fair to ...

Stones Cry Out: How Jesus Ends the State

Culture

This guest post is from Christians For Liberty 2016 Conference speaker David Gornoski, and originally appeared on FEE.org. Warning: The following is an anthropological account of the origins of the ...

Conservatism Laid Bare

Christian Worldview

“Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It’s the only one. It’s based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing narrow about the conservative philosophy. It’s a liberating ...

Who denigrates marriage? Maybe you and I do.

Culture

Conservative, evangelical, and fundamentalist Christians are not going to like what I am going to say. And neither are most ordinary conservatives. But that has never stopped me before. The ...

The Separation of Marriage and State

Culture

This guest post is by Jeremy Mack of The Evangelical Libertarian. Though I do not necessarily agree with everything in the post, it is especially timely given the current political ...

The Christian Case for Drug Law Reform

Culture

You do not have to smoke marijuana, inject heroin, or understand The Wire to realize that the War on Drugs is unconstitutional and immoral. Indeed, the drug war is anathema ...

I used to think I was a social conservative…

Culture

I received an excellent question today from a new reader whom we will call D., and I thought it was so great that it would be worth sharing with you: ...

Militarism in American Churches

Christian Worldview

Since the United States launched the unnecessary, immoral, unjust, and senseless war in Iraq in 2003, the Christian blasphemy occurring in churches has increased ten-fold. Even as the many lies ...

Legalize Heroin–It’s the Christian thing to do

Culture

There, I said it: legalize heroin. For those in a state of shock, let me say it again: legalize heroin. And for those conservative Christians who want to use the ...

The Libertarian Case Against Public Schools

Culture

Conservatives and libertarians have a precarious relationship. On the surface, they appear to agree on some issues, but once you dig a little deeper, vast philosophical differences quickly become evident. ...

The Religion of Statism

Culture

An image has been making the rounds on Facebook recently suggesting that statism is not much different from a religion. Strangely enough, the United States federal government (and pretty much ...

The Old Cause

American History

This guest post is by C.Jay Engel of The Reformed Libertarian. For guest post opportunities, please see the Contact page. I have read a good deal of all that Murray ...

Where is the Religious Right Wrong?

Book Reviews

When I first heard of this book, the title alone was enough to make me sympathetic to the author’s case. Since gaining steam in the 1970s, the Religious Right has ...

Drug Warriors Are Harmful: Debunking 7 Myths of Their Own Creation

Culture

My unusual title is because I am replying to an article posted at the Heritage Foundation’s blog, The Foundry, titled: “Marijuana Is Harmful: Debunking 7 Myths Arguing It’s Fine,” by ...

The Libertarian Position on Hobby Lobby

Culture

In September 2012, the privately held retail store Hobby Lobby filed a lawsuit against the US federal government regarding new regulations in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requiring that employer ...

That Gay Bill in Arizona

Culture

The Internet has no lack of passionate writers opining about the Arizona bill that would have allow businesses to deny service to gay people based on the religious beliefs of the ...

Phil Robertson’s Victory Over the Secular Theocracy

Culture

This guest post is by David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute. This two-part series (see part 1) was originally published on Patheos and is reprinted with David’s ...

Duck Dynasty and the Secular Theocracy

Culture

This guest post is by David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute. This two-part series was originally published on Patheos and is reprinted with David’s permission. Look for ...

Workplace Discrimination and a Free Society

Culture

Lately, it seems as though everyone thinks he is being discriminated against in the workplace. According to a national survey of employed American adults who were asked about their experiences ...

Rosa Parks Revisited

Culture

Republicans are paying more attention to what they tweet after their latest attempt to pander to blacks to try and get more of their votes backfired. Sunday, December 1, was ...

Government and the Definition of Marriage

Appearances

Two weeks have passed since I traveled to Virginia to debate at Patrick Henry College. I think it is about time to give you an account of what happened! First, ...

How the State Contributes to Child Abuse

Culture

LCC reader Andrew recently asked me, “Norman, in your opinion, how would child abuse like the recent incident where a baby was found nearly starved by his lazy parents be ...

Should the Ten Commandments be posted?

Culture

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 ...

Abortion and Republicans

Culture

A Georgia teenager was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing a 13-month-old baby in a stroller while trying to rob the child’s mother. The baby was ...

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