Ep 156: Open Borders, with Bryan Caplan
If open immigration would vastly improve the lot of most of the world, why would anybody oppose it? What objections might a libertarian have against open borders? To answer that, ...
If open immigration would vastly improve the lot of most of the world, why would anybody oppose it? What objections might a libertarian have against open borders? To answer that, ...
What if you just stayed home on voting day? Why would this be a better moral choice? Is there anything lost personally or societally if you choose not to vote? ...
Today, January 22, is National Sanctity of Human Life Day. The first such day was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The date was chosen because it is the ...
Doug welcomes to the show Stephen of the AnarchoChristian Podcast to discuss how he became an anarcho-capitalist, the evolution of his ideas, and how to walk the line between supporting ...
When actress Michelle Williams gave her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, everyone knew what she was talking about. Sometime in Williams’ past, she had an abortion. But she never ...
Why do people think the world is getting worse, when the opposite is true? Marian Tupy of HumanProgress.org joins us to talk about global data and why we need to ...
Rene Girard: “'Saul, why do you persecute me?' (Acts 22.7). This is the fundamental question. Christian conversion is our discovery that we are persecutors without knowing it. All participation in ...
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If you haven’t had time to check out some of our most-read articles in 2019, here is a quick list to get you started on what articles had the most ...
Should libertarian Christians only be known for what we are against? Why not be known for what we promote? Doug Stuart makes the argument that advocating for human flourishing is ...
What should be done about doxxing? How does libertarianism differ between various beliefs in human free will? Should we elect Tulsi Gabbard in 2020? All these and more are answered ...
Why would a politician change her position on a policy? How do we account for views that “shift” in one direction or another, especially when it appears to be out ...
On December 8, 2019 I had the pleasure of debating Walter Block at the Soho Forum in New York City on abortion, specifically his theory of eviction. Blocks presents his ...
We recently received an email from a lawyer who heard our podcast episodes on dismantling the state (listen to both here and here). Among many great questions, one stood out ...
A standard of a society can often be measured by the way it treats its children, which is why we are horrified at the accounts of how the Soviet Union ...
If you’re not a button pusher (to end the state tomorrow), then what smaller “buttons” would you push, and in what order, to end the tyranny of the state? Doug ...
Should anarchists make a minarchist argument to win statists over? Does being a minarchist make you unlibertarian? WHat would disqualify you from not being a libertarian? And would you push ...
I am not a veteran, and I have not served in any of this government’s wars. I am, however, a citizen of these United States, which means that through my ...
Did Jesus really say that his followers could never use violence? Are there circumstances whereby a person should reluctantly use violence because the situation permits it? If a Christian decides ...
“I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.” – Matthew 25:36 The following is an ...
Brian Zahnd joins us again to discuss the themes in his book, Postcards from Babylon. The American Church is trending toward idolatry, and the Scriptures have a lot to say ...
We posted a meme recently on our Facebook page that featured a semi-fictional conversation between many American Christians and God. I say “semi-fictional” because the quotes were taken from the ...
A while back, I noted an amusing tweet from Caitlin Johnstone, also highlighted by in his regular newsletter. The trouble is, of course, that this is the completely wrongheaded way of ...
This article is by Craig J. Cesal, a federal prisoner sentenced to life without the possibility of parole as a first-time offender convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana.
Should libertarians make concessions in the political arena in order to advance a better liberty? How the current American political atmosphere made us more trusting of each other? Is a ...
America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 had a Frankensteinish effect. It created a monster.
For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do ...
In my previous article, I summarized Walter Block’s theory of eviction which he proposes is the libertarian alternative to the current abortion debate. Block hasn’t gone entirely unchallenged on his ...
Walter Block is well-known in libertarian circles. He’s a professor and chair of economics at Loyola University and a senior fellow of the Mises Institute. Block first articulated his position ...
AIER just released an incredible video about the ongoing war of ideas of socialism versus capitalism, exemplified in the persons of Karl Marx and Ludwig von Mises. You definitely do ...
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