civil liberties

Weekend Insights – Build Back Later?

News

Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI "President's Corner" of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I'm thinking about...

Do you still have a 9-11 Mentality?

History

My good friend Anthony Gregory has written a spectacular retrospective of 9-11 at the Independent Institute blog. It encapsulates how I feel about the event so much that I absolutely ...

Getting to the Root of ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

War and Peace

A Response to Russell Moore’s “Why Christians Must Speak Out Against Donald Trump’s Muslim Remarks”. The least courageous act in American politics right now has got to be denouncing Donald ...

What is the Christian Libertarian position on recreational drug use?

Christian Ethics

Flip_syde87 asks on the Christian Libertarian FAQ: What is the Christian libertarian position on recreational drug use? Is it possible to support individual rights without being condemned as a pot ...

Is there still a Bill of Rights?

History

Today is the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights being passed. Cato-at-Liberty surveys the current state of these safeguards, and it is not particularly pleasant to consider how pathetic ...

The “Extensive Failure” of Full Body Scanners and the Politics Behind It

News

I posted this article at another website that I help manage, StopAustinScanners.org. The recent meeting of the Austin Airport Advisory Commission to discuss the upcoming installation of “Advanced Imaging Technology” ...

The Christian’s Political Objective

Christian Ethics

This essay concludes the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. Congratulations if you have ...

The Christian and Political Activism

Christian Ethics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. This column is the ...

The Texas TSA Bill Story – What Really Happened

Libertarianism

I had the honor of giving the keynote address at the Third Anniversary Party for Texans for Accountable Government. They asked me to do this because, besides being a TAG ...

Should I be thanking God that Bin Laden is dead?

News

After a brutal week of nature-induced devastation in the deep South and continuation of military-induced devastation in Libya, America began this week with President Obama announcing to the world that ...

Action Alert: Support measures to criminalize TSA abuses TODAY

News

I do not normally post stuff this intensely “legislative” on LCC, but today is an exception.  StopAustinScanners.org calls to action all supporters of civil liberties today! There are two bills ...

Gay Rights, Marriage, and Government Intervention

Christian Ethics

I recently received an email from David Lampo, Publications Director of the Cato Institute, regarding a Christian libertarian’s viewpoint on gay rights, marriage, and government intervent. Here is his original ...

Jon Stewart Crushes Obama on Civil Liberties

News

This clip speaks for itself. Oh wait, I get it. He’s a Democrat stealing the thunder of Republican big-government programs. That’s why.But I’m still curious, why do “conservatives” want to ...

I Am Not a Number

Politics

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 ...

Homeland Tyranny

Politics

This article is #10 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Down With Censorship!*

Culture

First, let’s get clear on what kind of censorship we oppose. We oppose any censorship by government, because only the government has the “authority” to legally use force against you ...

Obama’s New Theocracy

News

David Theroux has two excellent blog posts at The Beacon that I want to commend to you. In the first, David tracks and documents how an bizarre religious fervor has ...

Fear is the New Hope

Economics

They hoped for change, but fear is the new hope. “A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe.” President Barack Obama, February 4, 2009 Many ...

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