History

Category: History

Erasmus on the Evils of War

History

“Since we see that there is hardly ever any respite from wars, which normally arise from the ambition or anger of princes and thus are usually fought for the worst ...

An Injury to Civilization

Book Reviews

Review of Jack Beatty, The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began (Walker & Co., 2012), vii + 392 pgs., hardcover, $30. The 100th anniversary of ...

Being a Constitutionalist is Not Enough

American History

Being a constitutionalist is not enough; being a libertarian is.

Sow It Everywhere

Book Reviews

Review of Martin A. Lee, Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational, and Scientific (Scribner, 2012), vii + 519 pgs., hardcover. Although I don’t use marijuana for medical, recreational, ...

The Significance of the Austrian School and Ludwig von Mises

Economics

This is the first essay in LibertarianChristians.com series “Essentials of Austrian Economics.” Throughout this series, we will explore important economic concepts and why they are crucial to an understanding of ...

From God or the Sword

Economics

This article is by libertarian luminary Frank Chodorov, excerpted from chapter two of The Rise and Fall of Society. Is the State ordered in the nature of things? The classical ...

Copperhead: Ron Maxwell at his finest

History

This review was featured on LewRockwell.com on July 11, 2013. Finding a movie about war with no actual battle scenes is pretty rare. A rarer find is a war movie ...

Adultery and the State–Moral Courage or Moral Busybodies?

History

The legislature of the state of Colorado recently passed, and the governor signed into law, a bill to repeal an antiquated state law that criminalized adultery. The only thing worse ...

Our Disordered Lives

Culture

By Rev. Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the July 1973 issue of The ...

Alexander Campbell, Tolbert Fanning, David Lipscomb: A Nineteenth-Century Anti-War Triumvirate

History

A shorter version of this essay was presented at the 2013 Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute. Alexander Campbell, Tolbert Fanning, and David Lipscomb had three things in ...

The Politics of the Millennium

History

Murray Rothbard wrote the following article for Liberty Magazine in 1990. It provides an interesting summary and perspective on the implications of millennialism upon the political landscape. Though this comes ...

Our Disordered Lives

American History

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the July 1973 issue of The Freeman. ...

Douglas Wilson tells Idaho to embrace Nullification

History

Via Tom Woods, we find Pastor Douglas Wilson giving a sermon to the Idaho governor and legislature on nullification! He even references Tom Woods’s book at around minute 18. ...

No More Entangling Alliances

History

Would the United States go to war over marine life illegally harvested in the South China Sea? The very thought of such a thing sounds ludicrous. But under the U.S. ...

Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand

Economics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally appeared in the June 1976 issue of The Freeman. We ...

The Real Reason Guantanamo Should Be Closed

History

It has been ten years now since the first “terrorists” arrived at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Of the 779 people who have been detained at Guantánamo ...

Korea Shows All That Is Wrong With U.S. Foreign Policy

History

The tension on the Korean peninsula escalated late last year when South Korea began live-firing drills off its coastline. That was after North and South Korea shelled each other for ...

Is there still a Bill of Rights?

History

Today is the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights being passed. Cato-at-Liberty surveys the current state of these safeguards, and it is not particularly pleasant to consider how pathetic ...

Nuremberg, Eichmann, and Extra-Judicial Murder

History

Nazi Germany – the totalitarian rule of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933-1945 – is infamously remembered for two things: World War II and the Holocaust. After pulling ...

Cursed Be Unconditional Obedience

History

“Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders ...

How Nixon Helped Instigate the Libertarian Party

History

Today marks the 40th anniversary of a speech by President Richard Nixon that influenced the founding of the Libertarian Party. You probably have never seen it, so check it out: ...

Nuke ‘em and God Will Bless You

Christian Ethics

“My God, what have we done?” — Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay Americans love anniversaries, and especially of horrific events. Every year at this time we are reminded ...

Some Strategies in the Fight for Peace

Christian Ethics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. Considering the spiritual battle ...

The Christian Fight for Peace

History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. Some things are worth ...

The Second Amendment and Built-in Revolution

History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. This column is the ...

Why do “They” turn to socialism?

History

By Edmund Opitz (1914-2006), author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- Every person of good will longs for peace on earth; he ...

The differing schools of public policy theology

American History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. It is the fourth ...

Were the American revolutionaries wrong to revolt?

American History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. It is the third ...

Should the Founders have submitted to government more?

American History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. It is the second ...

The Divine Ordination of State Criminals and Legalized Crime (Part 2)

History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- May a ...

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