classical liberalism

Equal But Not the Same

Philosophy

By Edmund Opitz. —- The real American revolution of two hundred years ago took place in the minds of people; it was a philosophical revolution which evolved a new temper ...

Abstract: Contextualizing C. S. Lewis’ Christian Libertarianism (Urban)

Academic Journal

Title: Contextualizing C. S. Lewis’ Christian Libertarianism: Engaging Dyer and Watson and Beyond Author: David V. Urban Abstract: Analyzes C. S. Lewis’ Christian libertarianism by engaging important recent scholarship on Lewis’ ...

Stubborn Facts and Hard Heads

Christian Worldview

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the May 1973 issue of The Freeman. ...

Painting Government Into a Corner

Economics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the February 1964 edition of The Freeman. ...

News of the Week: Moral Frauds and Economic Prosperity

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Walter Block, a good friend of mine and an atheist, defends Christian libertarians publicly. Thomas DiLorenzo gives us ...

Socialism is not Christian

Christian Ethics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally appeared in the March 1974 issue of The Freeman. The ...

Burqa Bans and True European Values

President's Blog

Here’s a letter I had published in the Washington Post about 1 year ago: French President Nicolas Sarkozy claims that banning burqas would uphold traditional European values. Unless he is ...

Which kind of Equality?

Culture

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The eighteenth century writers, seeking to set forth the features of a ...

Should We Let Things Get So Bad They Finally Get Better?

Economics

A snippet I wrote for the March 2010 issue of Liberty Magazine in the Reflections section under the title “Story Time”: I’ve heard people say that the only way to ...

The Philosophy of Ludwig von Mises

Economics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article is adapted from a lecture at Grove City College on February ...

Classical Liberalism and Religion

Libertarianism

Originally by Edmund Opitz in the November 1985 issue of The Freeman. Classical liberalism created a revolutionary new view of the political State, its nature and proper functions. We may ...

Freedom: My Anti-Gov

Economics

Freedom subsumes individual liberty and personal responsibility. If individuals are free to act and also held responsible to bear the consequences for their actions, good outcomes will be reinforce correct ...

Defending Freedom and the Free Society

History

By Edmund Opitz. Countless generations of men have lived in unfree societies, but many men dreamed of freedom and hoped for the day when their children would be free. Gradually ...

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