Category: History

History

Tocqueville Speaks to the 21st Century

Alexis de Tocqueville really was far ahead of his time… Here are some of his words to consider tonight. ————— ...

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History

Defending Freedom and the Free Society

Originally by Edmund Opitz, published in the January 1993 edition of The Freeman. —- Countless generations of men have lived ...

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History

Everything goes back to Woodrow Wilson

Have you ever reflected upon history and realized the immense consequences of singular terrible men? I consider two U.S. Presidents, ...

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History

The Lasting Influence of Schleiermacher and Kierkegaard

Let us take a brief departure from politics to some theological history, shall we? Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) and Søren Kierkegaard ...

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Christian Ethics

In memoriam

On this day, not-so-many years ago, over 200,000 people died because an evil man thought it would be politically useful. ...

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History

New FAQ Questions Added

Since the opening of the new Christian Libertarian FAQ last week, I have already received a number of interesting questions. ...

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History

Why Every President Sucked

LCC Reader and Humble Libertarian Blogger Eric Olson informed me recently of his latest project: Why Every President Sucked. You ...

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Book Reviews

Anarchy and Christianity

Anarchy and Christianity is a short work presenting the essentials of Ellul’s political philosophy with respect to Scripture. It reads ...

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Christian Ethics

Conscience on the Battlefield

Originally authored by Leonard Read, the following dialogue is imagined to have taken place while dying on a battlefield near ...

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History

Happy Texas Independence Day!

Too bad they didn’t stay that way. Oh well, today we Remember the Alamo! The Texas Declaration of Independence The ...

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History

Communism Kills

Communism is the vision of an egalitarian society with common ownership of property. Karl Marx, the father of communism, stated ...

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History

Why does the Tea Party support Scott Brown?

Scott Brown’s recent Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race has been headlining news all over the nation the past ...

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History

Defending Freedom and the Free Society

By Edmund Opitz. Countless generations of men have lived in unfree societies, but many men dreamed of freedom and hoped ...

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Economics

Isaiah’s Job

by Albert Jay Nock —- One evening last autumn, I sat long hours with a European acquaintance while he expounded ...

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History

A Tribute to Edmund A. Opitz

Mr. Robert Sirico, President of the Acton Institute, made these remarks on the occasion of the retirement dinner of Mr. ...

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History

Voltaire

I am currently browsing through a large volume of The Gospel Advocate, a Church of Christ newsletter that was published ...

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Book Reviews

Summer Reading – Top 10 books that you should drop everything to read now…

Looking for some good summer reading, fellow Christian libertarians? I gave this list to a friend in mid-July (a reader ...

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Appearances

Podcast: The Early Christian Attitude to War

This is the seventh installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. I am particularly excited about ...

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Appearances

Podcast: Vicesimus Knox, Minister of Peace

This is the sixth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Today’s reading is the essay ...

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History

Virtually unknown pub "Faith & Freedom" now available on Mises.org

Hardly anyone has ever heard the old circular Faith & Freedom, originally published in the 1950s by the early libertarians ...

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Appearances

Podcast: Spurgeon on Christian War Fever

This is the fourth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Today’s essay is one of ...

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Appearances

Podcast: Gott Mit Uns

This is the third installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Today’s essay is entitled “Gott ...

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History

Are You a Revolutionary?

Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America, and a greater perhaps never was nor will ...

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Appearances

Podcast: Christianity and War Part 1

Today marks the release of the first installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast. As many of you know, ...

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Christian Ethics

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?

Yesterday was Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday. Happy birthday, our heroic anti-war American muse. Here are some other articles of libertarian ...

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Appearances

Podcast: Response to Comments on Josephus Article

Today I have a special treat for everyone: the first ever LibertarianChristians.com Podcast! I have been wanting for some time ...

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History

Texas Independence Day 2009

Every Monday, the Libertarian Party sends out a message to all their subscribers. Today’s message reminded me that today, March ...

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History

Give Me Liberty

Continuing in our series of posts leading up to the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of ...

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Book Reviews

“Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” Book Review

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is one of my favorite books of late, I gave a copy to my ...

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Book Reviews

“Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce” Book Review

A Book Review of Stanley Weintraub’s Silent Night. Some book reviews that I write are rather long, primarily because they ...

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