Libertarianism

Classical Liberalism and Religion

Libertarianism

Originally by Edmund Opitz in the November 1985 issue of The Freeman. Classical liberalism created a revolutionary new view of the political State, its nature and proper functions. We may ...

Libertarians mourn death of David Nolan

Libertarianism

The following comes directly from the Libertarian Party. I had the great honor of meeting David in the past year and am happy to be able to call him a ...

An Open Letter to American Churches for Peace

Libertarianism

To Churches across America, grace and peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ: Without fail, churches all throughout America pray publicly about America’s troops. On any given Sunday, one ...

How to Write a Letter to the Editor

Libertarianism

Despite the clear fact that printed newspapers are on the decline, opportunities to respond to journalists via letters to the editor are not. Media research shows that letters to the ...

What makes a Christian libertarian different?

Christian Worldview

Scott and Kelly each submitted questions via the new FAQ page that are worth pointing out to everyone. Why not ask your own question? What do Christian libertarians generally view ...

Who Owns You?

Libertarianism

This article is #21 – and the final article – of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and ...

Great Libertarian Quotes in Heinlein

Libertarianism

Yesterday on LewRockwell.com, Jeff Riggenbach posted a short essay entitled Was Robert A. Heinlein a Libertarian? It reminded me of how much I enjoyed Heinlein’s incredible novel, The Moon is ...

Tax Slavery Sucks

Libertarianism

This article is #19 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Stop Statism

Libertarianism

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 ...

Stop Rent-seeking

Libertarianism

This article is #17 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Is Catholicism anti-Libertarian?

Libertarianism

My good friend Daniel Coleman, who is Catholic and a libertarian, had an interesting email exchange with Dr. Tom Woods about Catholic teaching in tension with libertarian theory. The discussion ...

Social Slavery

Libertarianism

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 ...

Smoking is Healthier than Fascism

Libertarianism

This article is #15 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Don’t Tread on Me

Libertarianism

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, ...

Mises Circle Houston Recap

Events

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 ...

Why being a candidate can be beneficial for liberty

Economics

Though I think it is misguided to believe that electoral politics is the primary means of effecting change for the cause of liberty (especially at a national level), local activism ...

How Libertarian Are You?

Libertarianism

My friend Wes at The Humble Libertarian put together a neat list of quizzes that you can take on the internet to gauge where you fall in the political spectrum. ...

Liberalism Used to Mean Freedom

Culture

Life is not a mere game. Living is a lot more complex than any sport, but life and games are analogous in at least one respect: Neither is possible without ...

Intellectual Property and Libertarianism

Economics

Stephan Kinsella’s presentation at Mises University this past July is an excellent introduction to intellectual property, and to rights theory in general. LVMI recently posted the talk to their YouTube ...

How To Connect With Other Christian Libertarians

Libertarianism

Being a libertarian can be a little lonely sometimes, because although our numbers are growing we aren't quite *that* big yet. Christian libertarians are an even rarer breed, so its ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes: Epilogue

Economics

No, this is not #11, it really is just an epilogue – or an afterthought… I hope you attended or supported your local Tea Party today – Tax Day 2009. ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes: The Full Series

Economics

Ah taxation, how we despise thee. You make some richer, but most poorer. You daily remind us that we live not in a free society, but under shackles. Let us ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #10: Lost Prosperity

Economics

This is the tenth article in a series on taxation leading up to Tax Day, April 15. I think I’ve saved the best for last… I was linked by LewRockwell.com ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #9: Taxation is Theft

Economics

I have already said and illustrated this numerous times in previous articles, but I will say it once again: Taxation is theft, period. To continue this theme, I'd like to ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #8: Living in Fear

Economics

To say that the tax code is complicated would be the understatement of the century. It is, in fact, far beyond complicated, so much so that no one in this ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #7: Caesar’s Benevolence

Christian Ethics

Many Christians believe that paying taxes is fulfilling the Biblical command to show compassion to the poor. We just need to "render to Caesar" and Caesar will do the right ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #6: Withholding Taxes

Economics

This is the sixth article in a series on taxation leading up to Tax Day, April 15. If we were required to pay all our taxes for the year on ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #5: Your Tax Dollars at Work

Economics

Think about all the crazy things you know your tax money pays for...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #4: Privacy and Personal Income

Economics

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #3: The Truth About Government Spending

Economics

Politicians, especially Republicans, love to talk about "cutting taxes," and in some cases they actually do cut some taxes and ease the burden of all. Unfortunately, this masks the dirty, ...

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