All Taxation is Theft
When it comes to governments the world over, bad economic policies usually beget more bad economic policies. That is especially …
Category: Politics
Is God Against Drones?
He is not, according to former CIA analyst and current Christian axis of evil candidate Mark D. Tooley, as long …
Screwtape Proposes a Toast
If you have never read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity, …
Who should support the disabled?
This article originally was published at the Future of Freedom Foundation on December 26, 2012. Some of the most terrifying …
I Question Your Patriotism
I have been called a lot of things since I began writing about ten years ago on the folly of …
Guns? Let’s Talk about Logs! (or, Luke 6:42 for President Obama)
I usually avoid making comments about tragic events, mostly because there are many astute authors who produce more profound thoughts …
Ron Paul bids farewell to Congress
Today, Ron Paul gave his farewell address to the U.S. House of Representatives. Here is the text of his speech. …
My View of Politics
Please remove me from your mailing list, “I’m just totally uninterested in your view of politics,” wrote a former student …
News of the Week, November 5th, 2012 Edition: Elect a Super-Villain to be President?
Recapping the interesting and significant news, articles, and media of the past few weeks… One of my favorite guys at …
The Quiet Revolution
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was …
The Logic of the Conservative Electorate
I had an interesting conversation with a hard-core “conservative” Christian a few days ago on Facebook, and I thought I …
Lies, Damn Lies, and the Republican Party Platform
At a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor held just before the Republican National Convention began, House Speaker John …
Why Government Fails – Public Choice for Everyone
There are innumerable arguments about the legitimacy and morality of government and its proper scope, all of which are worth …
Constitutional Conservative or Libertarian?
This article originally appeared in the May 2012 edition of The Future of Freedom, a publication of The Future of …
Abortion, Religion, and the Presidency
Some Republicans have floated the name of Condoleezza Rice to be the running mate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt …
Romans 13 and Obeying the Government
I said last year in my article on “Romans 13 and National Defense” that I had been asked many times …
Winner Take All
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally …
Politics, Left and Right
Tim Suttle, author of An Evangelical Social Gospel? (which I reviewed here) recently posted an article in the Huffington Post …
Socialism is not Christian
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally …
Key Elements to a Successful Federal Budget
Yet another federal budget charade is now in progress. This time for fiscal year 2013, which begins on October 1, …
Budgeting Leviathan
The U.S. government is the largest and most powerful government in the history of the world. But that stature comes …
The Year of the Bible in Pennsylvania
Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania House passed a resolution by a vote of 193-0 declaring 2012 the Year of the …
Time for a Drink
While eating in a restaurant in the Atlanta airport recently, I noticed that the restaurant’s bar was closed and — …
Some Caliphate
At its height under Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire (1299–1923) – the closest thing to a global, Islamic caliphate …
The Law is Written on Our Hearts
Cross-posted at the Values & Capitalism Project A great many people believe that changing the law is the solution to …
Ron Paul is NOT Obama
In 2007 Barack Obama promised us Hope and Change. Change hardly came and hope is long gone. Even his most …
Is Ron Paul an Isolationist?
The word isolationist is a pejorative term used to ridicule advocates of U.S. nonintervention in foreign affairs, intimidate their supporters, …
Weighing Political Planks and the Obama Dilemma
I have heard it said numerous times in the past month alone, by Christians nonetheless, that the important thing about …
Statist Baggage on the Airlines
First it was the TSA; now it’s the airlines. In addition to getting their bodies squeezed by the TSA, airline …
How to Reduce Military Suicides
Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I have been quite vocal in my opposition to most of what is …