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Everything is Spiritual

Theology

If you missed Jeff Wright’s recent guest post, go read it now. Jeff has written a must-read essay on the spiritual effects of political engagement. He engages the danger in thoughtlessly using ...

The Bible is a Voice to the Oppressed

History

Here is a great quote from Rob Bell (via azspot), with a generous hat-tip to our friend Bonnie Kristian. “Most of the Bible is a history told by people living ...

God is the Author of Liberty

Theology

This sermon was given by Pastor David Bess at his congregation this July 6th, 2014. Scripture Reading: Luke 4:16-21 We begin with the words of a well-known song: My country ...

Hope for the Dead, Hope for the Living

Christian Worldview

Two articles came to my attention today that are well worth reading. The first comes from Judge Andrew Napolitano as an Easter reflection called Hope for the Dead. He suggests ...

For to Us a Child is Born: Reflections on Isaiah 9:6-7

Theology

Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV 1984): 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be ...

A Response to Stoker

Christian Ethics

This article was jointly written by Doug Stuart and Jessica Hooker. “…libertarianism is a values system of its own, and it’s an alternative, not a complement, to the values system ...

Does Libertarianism Diminish Freedom?

Libertarianism

Hillsdale College in Michigan hosts Mises Lectures in free-market economics and houses the library of Mises in the Ludwig von Mises Room in its Mossey Library. But being a neocon ...

Is it Okay to Kill?

War and Peace

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 ...

Two Views of Libertarianism

Economics

There exists much confusion in the political sphere about libertarianism. Conservatives often mischaracterize it as discounting human nature and disdaining morality at the same time that liberals depict it as ...

Six Ideas to Keep Us Human

Culture

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the November 1972 issue of The Freeman. ...

What Every Libertarian Needs To Know About Two Books on the Drug War

Book Reviews

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., ...

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 War on Drugs is a War on Freedom

Book Reviews

Book review of The War on Drugs is a War on Freedom by Laurence Vance. Vance Publications, 2012. Orlando, FL. $9.95 at Amazon.com. To many newcomers to libertarian ideas – ...

The War on Poverty: A Critical View

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 August 1968 issue of The Freeman. ...

Constitutional Conservative or Libertarian?

Libertarianism

This article originally appeared in the May 2012 edition of The Future of Freedom, a publication of The Future of Freedom Foundation. Libertarians — those who believe that violence is ...

Time for a Drink

Politics

While eating in a restaurant in the Atlanta airport recently, I noticed that the restaurant’s bar was closed and — to make it perfectly clear — all the chairs had ...

Bad Arguments Against Immigration

Culture

This was originally posted on the Shotgun Blog —- The Economic Argument Arguments against immigration on economic grounds basically boil down to “They took our jobs!”. Some feel that allowing ...

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 ...

John Milton and Freedom

Book Reviews

I personally love Milton. Paradise Lost is one of the most beautiful things in the English language. But Milton was more than a mere poet. He weighed in on some ...

Happy Texas Independence Day!

History

Too bad they didn’t stay that way. Oh well, today we Remember the Alamo! The Texas Declaration of Independence The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the ...

Don’t Tread on Me

Libertarianism

The message “Don’t Tread” communicates in two words what the entire political philosophy of classical liberalism is about: desiring to be free from oppression from whatever quarter. In other words, ...

Mises Circle Houston Recap

Events

I've been reticent to post a recap of Mises Circle Houston because I didn't have any photos of the event until yesterday. But now, everything is here and I'm happy ...

Why does the Tea Party support Scott Brown?

History

Scott Brown’s recent Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race has been headlining news all over the nation the past two days. Some are calling it a “repudiation of the ...

Freedom and Majority Rule

Economics

By Edmund Opitz Lord Northcliffe, the publisher of the London Times, came to this country a few years after World War I. A banquet in his honor was held in ...

Isaiah’s Job

Economics

by Albert Jay Nock —- One evening last autumn, I sat long hours with a European acquaintance while he expounded a political-economic doctrine which seemed sound as a nut and ...

Liberalism Used to Mean Freedom

Culture

Life is not a mere game. Living is a lot more complex than any sport, but life and games are analogous in at least one respect: Neither is possible without ...

Are You a Revolutionary?

History

Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America, and a greater perhaps never was nor will be decided among men. A resolution passed without one dissenting ...

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