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John Oliver Swings and Misses at Injustice

Media

John Oliver’s HBO program “Last Week Tonight” has certainly made a name for itself the last couple of years, exposing the inconvenient truth with respect to a wide variety of ...

The Libertarian Analysis of Obama’s Tax Proposals

Economics

For those of you who did not watch President Obama’s State of the Union address, you can read a transcript here, as I have. I neither watched it nor the ...

Christians in Iraq at risk from ISIS

News

Under Saddam Hussein, Christians in Iraq were not well-loved but they were tolerated. However, following the military adventurist campaigns of the United States and its allies, the situation for Iraqi ...

That Gay Bill in Arizona

Culture

The Internet has no lack of passionate writers opining about the Arizona bill that would have allow businesses to deny service to gay people based on the religious beliefs of the ...

Duck Dynasty and the Secular Theocracy

Culture

This guest post is by David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute. This two-part series was originally published on Patheos and is reprinted with David’s permission. Look for ...

U.S. Attack on Syria Would Be a Criminal Act

News

The Catholic Patriarch of Syria has recently stated that a United States attack on Syria would be a “criminal act,” highlighting how U.S. government interventionism not only affects millions of ...

Would a war with Syria be just?

News

Just war theory is not perfect, but insofar as it can be used as a “bludgeon” against war I am not entirely against it. To that end, here is an ...

Ayn Rand vs. C.S. Lewis? (News of the Week, June 9, 2013 Edition)

News

Recapping a few interesting and significant links of the past few weeks. Here are some things you might not have seen in your internet sojourns lately… Rand Paul had an ...

News of the Week (May 14, 2013): The “Breeding for Liberty” Edition

Announcements

Recapping the interesting and significant news of the past (few) weeks… It has been a quiet past week at LCC, for one particular reason that is quite newsworthy: my wife ...

U.S. Soldiers can be court-martialed for sharing their faith

News

Breitbart reports that the Pentagon recently released a statement that soldiers who share their faith (I presume Christian or otherwise): This regulation would severely limit expressions of faith in the ...

Renewing Our Work (News of the Week, March 30th Edition)

News

Recapping interesting and significant news in the recent weeks… In the past few weeks, we have encountered a new pope, a currency downfall in Cyprus, filibusters, and many other curious ...

Power Couple Religion and Politics File for Divorce! (News of the Week/Month, Feb. 10, 2013 Edition)

News

I have not done a news post in some time, so I have a lot of links piled up for you today. I think you will find many of them ...

Christian Philosopher Wins Prestigious Rescher Prize

News

Christian philosopher Alvin C. Plantinga has won the prestigious Rescher Prize for contributions to systematic philosophy. David Theroux of the Independent Institute has a detailed account of Plantinga and the ...

Why Are Christians Warmongers? (News of the Week, November 11, 2012 Edition)

News

Recapping interesting and significant news stories and media from the past weeks… Chuck Baldwin asks some very pointed questions to evangelicals everywhere about war and their faith. To those evangelicals ...

Obama wins, celebrates by bombing another country

News

You think I’m kidding. Just hours after his re-election acceptance speech, it looks as though Obama ordered another drone strike over Yemen. Quoting the Huffington Post: On Wednesday morning, as ...

End the War on Kidneys! (and other News of the Week)

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. There is a terrible war on kidneys the government is waging, and it has to stop! LCC writer ...

News of the Week, October 6, 2012 Edition: Libertarianism is not just for Protestants

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Our Catholic brethren have a new resource: Free is Beautiful: Why Catholics should be libertarian by Randy England. ...

News of the Week, September 29, 2012 Edition: A Libertarian in London?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. This past week, I was in London for a conference on membrane science and technology giving a presentation ...

News of the Week, Sept. 22, 2012 Edition: End the Drug War!

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. American Christians should be concerned about drugs not because the drugs themselves harm (some do, and some not ...

News of the Week, Sept. 9th, 2012 Edition: Anarchism and Christianity?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Bob Murphy reconciles anarcho-capitalism with Christianity. Doug Newman asks if Christians should ever vote for the lesser of ...

News of the Week, Aug. 26, 2012 Edition: Crucifixion Hoaxes?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. A hoax has been traversing the net recently about Muslim fundamentalists crucifying Christians in Egypt. Aaron Taylor of ...

Todd Akin’s rape comments and the absurdity of right-wing pro-lifers

News

Missouri Representative Todd Akin* made some smashingly terrible comments the other day regarding the incidence of pregnancy following rape: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors, (pregnancy from ...

News of the Week: Remembering the Horrors of War

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Today marks the sixty-seventh anniversary of the completely indefensible bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. May we never forget ...

News of the Week: “You Didn’t Build That”

News

Recapping the interesting and significant events of the past week. This week, President Barack Obama told a crowd that if you have a business, “You didn’t build that.” Congratulations to ...

News of the Week: Moral Frauds and Economic Prosperity

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Walter Block, a good friend of mine and an atheist, defends Christian libertarians publicly. Thomas DiLorenzo gives us ...

Obamacare upheld today, CJ Roberts deciding vote, Conservatives heads explode?

News

Obamacare was upheld today. As a tax. Which is ironic, because of what the dear leader once said: “For us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to ...

Evangelicals for Peace

Christian Ethics

Billy Sunday was the most famous evangelist in America during the first two decades of the 20th century. Without the aid of loudspeakers, TV or radio, Sunday preached to over ...

News of the Week: Obama the Warrior

News

It has been a few weeks since I have done a “News” post like this, and for good reason. I’ve driven across the country, moved from a condo to a ...

News of the Week: Today is Tax Day

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week (and a half). I was so busy last Saturday with the anti-war rally put on by the Austin Alliance for ...

News of the Week: Let’s Do a Little Lifehacking

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. I am a big fan of Lifehacker.com for its useful tips and tricks with technology and life in general. Recently ...

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