Libertarian Overtones in Iron Man 2
I had the great opportunity to see Iron Man 2 at the IMAX in Austin on opening day last Friday. …
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I Am Not a Number
When you were born, your parents or guardians gave you a name. At the same time (assuming you were born in a hospital), the government assigned you a number. Government actors view individuals as just that: faceless numbers.
Homeland Tyranny
This article is #10 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Podcast on Private Security with Gil Guillory
In a libertarian society, the production of security services would not come from the State, but security most certainly would …
Ep 3: What Makes Civil Government Legitimate?
What Makes Civil Government Legitimate? A discussion of the main points of Kerry Baldwin’s article on law and order and …
Abortion Agorism: How a Post-Roe Black Market for Abortion Will Hide in Plain Sight
I’ve been warning prolifers that abortion would find a home on the black market. This is based on an elementary …
Christianity Doesn’t Need the State to Promote Morality
Many Americans, who profess to be Christians, look to the state for the answer to life’s problems. This instead of …
Singapore’s Economic Success: What Can We Learn?
Singapore’s economic success has resulted in one of the richest economies in the world. The country has a real GDP …
Romans 13: A Reformed View of Stateless Civil Governance
The Reformed theological tradition historically holds to an interpretation of Romans 13 that, in its basic outline, is compatible with …
The Libertarian Aquinas
Jonathan McIntosh (Ph.D., University of Dallas) is a Fellow of Humanities at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, where …
David Lipscomb Against Confederate Conscription Acts
Notable in this piece is the way in which Lipscomb and his co-authors argue for their firm non-violent stance. They are to “submit quietly” to the government save where submission would require violation of God’s law. Their view, of course, is that joining an army to kill would be a violation of God’s law. Would only Christians today see the wisdom in such a firm belief?
The Incorporation Doctrine Broke the Constitutional System
I think centralizing power is always a net loss for liberty. So did the founding generation. This is why the …