Guest post by C. Jay Engel of the Reformed Libertarian. The anti-free market proclamations from the left (and even sometimes the right) come in all shapes and sizes. Among the ...
This guest post is by David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute. This two-part series (see part 1) was originally published on Patheos and is reprinted with David’s ...
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” — Voltaire Critics of the wars in Iraq ...
“The most just of wars brings with it a train of evils—if indeed any war can really be called just.” ~ Erasmus In the first of my articles on Erasmus ...
“Who could possibly tell how many hardships these idiots of soldiers put up with in their camps? And they deserve worse just for being willing to put up with them.” ...
LCC reader Andrew recently asked me, “Norman, in your opinion, how would child abuse like the recent incident where a baby was found nearly starved by his lazy parents be ...
“I simply admit that I have written some rather distasteful things for the purpose of frightening Christians away from the insanity of war, for I observed that the largest part ...
“Since we see that there is hardly ever any respite from wars, which normally arise from the ambition or anger of princes and thus are usually fought for the worst ...
A Georgia teenager was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing a 13-month-old baby in a stroller while trying to rob the child’s mother. The baby was ...
This essay is by Reverend Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies, and is adapted from a seminar lecture delivered as ...
After Roe v. Wade, something amazing happened. New organizations, care centers, adoption services, and support networks for pregnant mothers popped up all across the country. There’s a powerful lesson here ...
Is it okay to kill? I don’t mean a bug in your house, a snake in your garage, or a deer in the woods. Deer tastes good; you may not ...
In between drug prohibition and drug freedom are two concepts that are often confused. Drug prohibition is the criminalization of the production, distribution, and possession of drugs as currently exists ...
Anthony Gregory explains the significance of the Rand Paul Filibuster in two minutes: This is an exciting time for liberty, so major props to Rand Paul for taking this stand ...
Review of Mark A. R. Kleiman, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Angela Hawken, Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), xxi + 234 pgs., ...
I am not positive at all toward Jim Wallis’s left-leaning positions on government intervention in the economy and social issues. Nonetheless, he is completely correct in his criticism of John ...
Joel Poindexter writes: The Great Commission, as described in the gospel of Matthew, has been perverted by these Right-Wing warmongers. It’s gone from a mission to “go and make disciples ...
Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Bob Murphy reconciles anarcho-capitalism with Christianity. Doug Newman asks if Christians should ever vote for the lesser of ...
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the December 1969 issue of The Freeman, ...
A few days after the Washington Post published my article on Christianity, libertarianism, and Ron Paul, one Dana Loesch, a former talk-show radio host and leader in the St. Louis, ...
Norman’s note: This guest post is by Prof. Ryan McMaken. Even though the article is specifically about Catholic Christians, every major point could be applied to Protestants as well. Many ...
I was pleased to see the following clip of Stossel on the O’Reilly Factor, where Stossel defends Ron Paul and begins to sound pretty good on issues of foreign policy. ...
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- How would ...
John Cobin, author of the great books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy, has graciously agreed to let me post his public policy course essays on LCC, ...
Progressive Christians deride libertarian individualism as contrary to the value system of the Kingdom of God. In their minds, to start with society, rather than the individual, is a morally ...
Book review of The Ethics of Martin Luther by Paul Althaus, translated by Robert C. Schultz. Augsberg Fortress Press, 1972. Retail: $18.00. —- Most of literature I have read on ...
I am on the board of The Foundation for a Free Society, and one of our objectives is to put out professional, artistic, catchy videos that communicate the philosophy of ...
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The World we live in is divided. The major division, the division ...
[Excerpted from An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 1, Economic Thought Before Adam Smith (1995). An MP3 audio file of this article, read by Jeff Riggenbach. ...
This article was released by the Wrights 2012 Campaign, for which I am currently the webmaster. —- “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and ...
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