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 …
Politics
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 …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: 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 than …
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 …
What You Should Really Know About the Libyan Slave Trade
Christians Serious About Justice Cannot Pretend History Began Yesterday Readers of The Gospel Coalition could hardly be blamed for thinking …
The GOP Tax Reform Plan: A Libertarian Analysis
Last month I did a preliminary libertarian analysis of the Republicans’ newest tax-reform plan. I concluded that their “Unified Framework …
Start With Jesus As King
American Christians just can’t quit our addiction to power. We have no problem with the notion that a majority should …