Marxist Republicans
May 5 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. Although Republicans have universally used the occasion to …
Category: Politics
What I Learned about Christian Love from My Conversation With Black Lives Matter Leader Hawk Newsome
When Jesus visited his disciples after his execution, they were terrified. They expected him to bring the standard justice of …
Political Correctness Hallucinates Immigrants as Animals
This week, the Political Correctness religion mass hallucinated that Trump called illegal immigrants animals because many of its members feel …
A Little Conserva-tive
By Albert Jay Nock. Originally published in Atlantic Monthly, October 1936. I often think it’s comical How Nature always does …
Kanye, Trump, and the Demon Called Legion
“You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him.” – Kanye West Forget …
Diagnosis: Institutionalized Codependency
Boundaries are one of the most fundamental principles for libertarians. They are essential for delineating personal property and bodily autonomy. …
Inconceivable! The Plausibility of a Stateless Society
Among Christian libertarians, as with other libertarians, there are differing views concerning the legitimacy, necessity, and inevitability of the state. For …
An Alternative View on Taxes
The centuries immediately before and after the 100s CE in the Greco-Roman world were increasingly violent. There were frequent uprisings, …
Does Drug Testing Violate Libertarian Principles?
Is testing all potential and current employees for drug use a dumb idea? I think so. But your moral—and in …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: What is “The American People”?
One of the most popular techniques of unifying a large group of people is through nationalist slogans, slurs, and emblems. …
Republicans Still Don’t Get It on Gun Control
As night follows day, so cries for more gun control follow another deadly shooting. But once again, it is not …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: What Governments Need
It is often suggested that governments exist to fight poverty, deal with crime, and deter foreign enemies. So holy is …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: What is the Government?
Whenever there’s a school shooting, the answer from the political left is always the same: take the guns away from …
Achieving Power, Printing Money, Creating Wealth
If you wanted to become the most powerful person in the world, how would you do it? Work harder …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Wars and Rulers
People generally don’t want war. In fact, the natural resistance of human beings to kill one other is so …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: The State Protects Itself More than You
It is often suggested that governments have police and armies primarily to protect the people. And, while there might be …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Banks and War
One of the most popular myths in any society is that wars are necessary and meaningful. It is assumed that …
Jesus Wasn’t A Libertarian (But He’s Glad I Am!)
Christianity is Making a “Social Turn” Christian thought and practice is making a turn toward a qualitatively social faith. That …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Voting
“Have you voted today?” I remember uttering these words when calling up random, local people on the phone hours before …
The Idol of National Security
Exodus 1:8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Legality v. Morality
Being born into a nation-state, all of us are trained to equate “illegal” with “bad,” and “legal” with “OK.” And …
Why I’m Bullish on the Future of Capitalism
Why am I not worried that some group of people or the entire world are ‘moving towards socialism’? Because I …
Anarchism, Minarchism, and Legitimacy in Civil Governance
Among Christian libertarians, as with other libertarians, there are differing views concerning the legitimacy, necessity, and inevitability of the state. For …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Democracy
Democracy is one of the great gods of Western civilization. “We are part of something providential,” said John McCain in …
Power Politics in the Name of Love
Christians in America continue to wrestle with the challenge of how best to engage politically following the corrosive aftermath of …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Authority
Human beings are often told to do stuff on the sheer basis of “authority” alone. “Listen to your teacher.” Why? …
The John Baeza Files: Detective Blows Whistle on Drug War, Prison System
Before he was Ron Paul and Rand Paul’s head of security, John Baeza was a cop’s cop. Coming from a …
Republican Hypocrisy on Abortion
Republicans like to play the pro-life card. It makes their base think they are worthy of votes and financial support. …
Christ vs the Crowd: My Interview with Jordan B Peterson
Coinciding with the release of his new book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson …
Women’s Rights? A Libertarian Evaluation
Women’s rights movements have centered on the fact that in some societies women have been perceived as property or a …