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Ep 438: A Bryan Caplan Christmas Grab Bag: The Cases Against Borders, Education, Populism, & Feminism

Culture

Bryan Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University and a New York Times bestselling author of thoughtful, persuasive, and contrarian books that challenge conventional wisdom on topics ...

Episode 403 – Cultivating Wisdom: Andrew Kern on Classical Christian Education

Podcast

In this episode of the Libertarian Christian Podcast, guest host Kerry Baldwin interviews Andrew Kern, founder of the Circe Institute, to explore classical education from a Christian perspective. They discuss ...

angela harders toxic teachers

Ep 293: Angela Harders: Journey Away from being a Toxic Teacher

Christian Worldview

Summary – Angela Harders: Journey Away from being a Toxic Teacher In this episode, Doug Stuart interviews former public school teacher, Angela Harders. Harders is author of the book, Tales ...

Ep 271: Libertarian Scholarship, with Jason Jewell, Ph.D.

Podcast

We were delighted to welcome back Jason Jewell, Ph.D., a previous guest on the podcast and new editor of our own journal the Christian Libertarian Review (CLR). Why is scholarship ...

Ep 261: How to Make Good Choices When the Stakes are High, with Kerry Baldwin

Podcast

For this episode Kerry Baldwin joins us to discuss “thinking well,” what that means, why it is so important to think well – especially in times of global instability, and the dynamics behind ...

Ep 257: Entertaining Children with Solid Values, with Daniel Harmon

Libertarianism

In today’s episode we talk to advertising guru and creator of the Tuttle Twins television show, Daniel Harmon. Daniel is one of the founders of the Harmon Brothers ad agency, which has been the brains behind ...

Weekend Insights – Space, the Final Frontier

News

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

Ep 221: Guiding Critical Thought, with Kerry Baldwin

Podcast

Kerry Baldwin is back on the show to discuss what critical thinking really is, why it’s important, how to do it properly, why so many people seem to lack the ...

Ep 172: How to Think Critically and Argue Well, with Kerry Baldwin

Christian Worldview

Kerry Baldwin of MereLiberty.com joins us to announce her upcoming liberty courses! If you or a child you know needs to learn critical thinking, develop reasoning skills, and gain practice ...

Putting Students First

Culture

Recent disturbing trends have harmed students across the country. Indeed, on too many campuses there is an obsession with homogenization, bureaucratization, research, and money.

Ep 169: School Choice, with Corey DeAngelis

Economics

Do kids belong to their parents or the government? Who should have the say where kids go to school? Why is “government schools” more accurate than calling them “public schools”? ...

Ep 117: Busting the Homeschool Myths with Alison Morrow

Podcast

Alison Morrow of GoodSchooling.net joins us to talk about homeschooling – her own journey, myths people believe about homeschooling, and how her business exists to serve homeschooling parents to achieve ...

Jamin Hübner on How State Accreditation Hinders Education

Libertarianism

Jamin Hübner, General Editor of LCI’s new research journal, Christian Libertarian Review, recently published an academic piece in The Journal of Religious Leadership on the bureaucratic roadblocks to accreditation caused ...

A Better Way: Praxis

Libertarianism

“By their fruits you will recognize them.” – Jesus Not what you say, or who you like, or how you vote, or what Facebook groups you belong to.  Your fruit.  ...

Victory, Defeat, and Learning About Liberty

Libertarianism

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.” – Vince Lombardi Many of life’s lessons can be ...

The Libertarian Case Against Public Schools

Culture

Conservatives and libertarians have a precarious relationship. On the surface, they appear to agree on some issues, but once you dig a little deeper, vast philosophical differences quickly become evident. ...

LCC interviewed about homeschooling at Liberty.me

Appearances

My wife and I joined Manuel Lora of Liberty.me Odds and Ends Podcast and author Lucy Steigerwald for a discussion about our experiences as homeschoolers and how the state messes ...

How will education be handled in a free market?

Economics

G.T. asks a great question on the Christian Libertarian FAQ: It’s one thing for adults to be left to make their own choices and live with the consequences, but when ...

Screwtape Proposes a Toast

Politics

If you have never read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity, and close friend to J.R.R. Tolkien), then you are missing ...

The Problem with Public Education

Culture

In the wake of the shootings in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this year, a bill was proposed in the Arizona legislature that would allow faculty members at universities and community colleges ...

Austrian Economics and Pedagogy

Media

I love economics and truly believe understanding it is critical to the further spread of liberty. Check out this awesome video from Reason TV about teaching and learning that applies ...

News of the Week: Potpourri of Sorts

News

Recapping the interesting and noteworthy happenings of the last week. Dilbert author Scott Adams finally explains how to get a real education. ExxonMobil’s Perspectives Blog tells the truth about government ...

News of the Week: On Productivity and Science

News

Recapping the interesting and noteworthy events of the past week. I love Cal Newport’s Study Hacks blog. He is an incredibly insightful writer on education and personal productivity. Check out ...

News of the Week: November 14-20

News

This past week I have been traveling a lot. Currently I’m in Columbus, OH visiting my lovely wife, so I haven’t been, uhh, available to post… Anyway, here are some ...

Classic Essay: Against School

Culture

By John Taylor Gatto, originally published in Harpers, September 2003. How public education cripples our kids, and why I taught for thirty years in some of the worst schools in ...

Teensploitation

Economics

Far from being environments conducive to learning, schools across the world coerce students to conform to the whims of politicians and bureaucrats. Billed as bastions of free expression, intellectual honesty ...

The Liberating Arts

Philosophy

By Edmund Opitz. —- The recent movie called Out of Africa has acquainted millions of Americans with the name of a Danish Baroness Blixen, whose pen name was Isak Dinesen. ...

Thoughts on Homeschooling

President's Blog

Recently, Sweden has made a lot of noise about banning homeschooling. It isn’t set in stone yet, and in fact the Swedish Association for Home Education is asking for help ...

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