Great LewRockwell.com posts this week
If you don’t regularly follow LewRockwell.com, then here are some great posts you might want to check out from this …
Category: Libertarianism
Reconciling Rand and Jesus
There have been a number of articles lately about the apparent contradictions among small-government supporters who claim Ayn Rand as …
Children’s Rights – A Libertarian Dilemma with a Christian Answer
Note: This is a provocative piece that had a lot of back-and-forth email conversation before publication here. It is an …
Do Christians have the right to defend themselves? (Even from the state?)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Can starting a revolution be a good thing?
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
Is Rebellion against Rulers Rebellion against God? (Part 2)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
Is Rebellion against Rulers Rebellion against God? (Part 1)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
The Divine Ordination of State Criminals and Legalized Crime (Part 2)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
The Divine Ordination of State Criminals and Legalized Crime (Part 1)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
Two Concepts of Equality
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The great …
The War on Poverty Revisited
By Edmund Opitz, originally published in the February 1986 edition of The Freeman. —- Capitalism, by conquering poverty, creates the …
Why Are So Many Protestants Capitalists But Not Libertarians?
Protestant Christians (with the exception of some “emerging church” types) overwhelmingly support free-markets and fiscal prudence on the part of …
Against Net Neutrality
December 21, 2010, the FCC voted 3-2 for new measures regulating how content is transferred over the internet. Stephan Kinsella’s …
Lessons in Liberty: Christian Libertarianism
Blayne Bennett from Students for Liberty asked me to write a short article describing what it means to be a …
Meet Doug Douma
Norman’s Note: Today I’d like to introduce you to the next writer to join the LCC team, Doug Douma! I …
Classical Liberalism and Religion
Originally by Edmund Opitz in the November 1985 issue of The Freeman. Classical liberalism created a revolutionary new view of …
Libertarians mourn death of David Nolan
The following comes directly from the Libertarian Party. I had the great honor of meeting David in the past year …
An Open Letter to American Churches for Peace
To Churches across America, grace and peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ: Without fail, churches all throughout America …
How to Write a Letter to the Editor
Despite the clear fact that printed newspapers are on the decline, opportunities to respond to journalists via letters to the …
What makes a Christian libertarian different?
Scott and Kelly each submitted questions via the new FAQ page that are worth pointing out to everyone. Why not …
Who Owns You?
This article is #21 – and the final article – of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, …
Great Libertarian Quotes in Heinlein
Yesterday on LewRockwell.com, Jeff Riggenbach posted a short essay entitled Was Robert A. Heinlein a Libertarian? It reminded me of …
Tax Slavery Sucks
This article is #19 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Stop Statism
Statists are anti-progress. Statists claim their policies are for the common good. For some this claim is just a front to get more power, but for others it is a genuine goal. Nevertheless, even the most well-intentioned statists, who believe that granting government the power to control individual actions will result in a better outcome, violate rights and cause harm.
Stop Rent-seeking
This article is #17 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Is Catholicism anti-Libertarian?
My good friend Daniel Coleman, who is Catholic and a libertarian, had an interesting email exchange with Dr. Tom Woods …
Social Slavery
The current Social Security (aka “socialist insecurity”) system is designed as a pay-as-you-go system, in which current workers’ tax dollars pay for the benefits of retirees. And the system is in serious trouble. With increased life expectancy and a declining birth rate, there are fewer workers to support a greater number of retirees. In 1950, there were 16 workers paying for the benefits of one retiree. Today, there are about three workers per retiree, and by 2025 there will only be two. According to the Social Security Administration itself, if unreformed, Social Security will begin running a deficit by 2017, and by 2060 Social Security and Medicare combined will make up 71 percent of the federal budget.
Smoking is Healthier than Fascism
This article is #15 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Don’t Tread on Me
The message “Don’t Tread” communicates in two words what the entire political philosophy of classical liberalism is about: desiring to be free from oppression from whatever quarter. In other words, “don’t mess with me.” This message is used by those advocating a less-invasive state, because governments — through taxation, legislation, regulation, surveillance, etc. — are the main aggressors upon individual rights.
Mises Circle Houston Recap
I’ve been reticent to post a recap of Mises Circle Houston because I didn’t have any photos of the event until yesterday. But now, everything is here and I’m happy to tell you a little about it.