interventionism

Suppose We Followed the Golden Rule

Christian Ethics

“My point is, if another country does to us what we do to others, we’re not going to like it very much. So I would say that maybe we ought ...

Korea Shows All That Is Wrong With U.S. Foreign Policy

History

The tension on the Korean peninsula escalated late last year when South Korea began live-firing drills off its coastline. That was after North and South Korea shelled each other for ...

Is Ron Paul an Isolationist?

Politics

The word isolationist is a pejorative term used to ridicule advocates of U.S. nonintervention in foreign affairs, intimidate their supporters, and stifle debate over U.S. foreign policy. Throughout the twentieth ...

Statist Baggage on the Airlines

Economics

First it was the TSA; now it’s the airlines. In addition to getting their bodies squeezed by the TSA, airline passengers are now getting their wallets squeezed by the airlines ...

A Christian Voter’s Guide

Christian Ethics

This guest post is by Craig White. America is at war, in many faraway lands. By normal definitions, we are now at war in Afghanistan, Iraq (until the troops leave), ...

Are You an Imperial Christian?

American History

The tenets of imperial Christianity include things like blind nationalism, belief in American exceptionalism, willful ignorance of U.S. foreign policy, childish devotion to the military, cheerleading for the Republican Party, ...

Cursed Be Unconditional Obedience

History

“Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders ...

Christianity, War, and Ron Paul

American History

This talk was given on August 20 at the Florida Liberty Summit 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Thank you Campaign for Liberty for the opportunity to speak about a subject I ...

The Warmonger’s Lexicon

War and Peace

Defenders of U.S. wars and military interventions look like the majority of Americans. They also dress like them, eat like them, work like them, play like them, and talk like ...

Sinful Behavior, Government Force, and the Church

Christian Ethics

A post I wrote about two years ago for the Western Standard: —- My wife and I were visiting a new place for Sunday morning service this week and I ...

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 ...

Another war?

Media

Jon Stewart tells it like it is. Pardon the colorful language (it is bleeped out), but this is great.

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The Greatest Christian Warmonger of All Time

Christian Ethics

I had never heard of Ellis Washington until I saw his recent WorldNetDaily article titled “Nation-building? No, Christian-building” and did some digging. Besides being a weekend commentator for WorldNetDaily, Washington ...

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 ...

Libertarian Overtones in Iron Man 2

Culture

I had the great opportunity to see Iron Man 2 at the IMAX in Austin on opening day last Friday. Though it didn’t quite match the sheer delight of the ...

Progressives Against Progress

Economics

“Progress” is an abused word these days, especially by bureaucrats and the special interest groups that cater to them. Yet such groups, in the name of progress and social justice, ...

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 ...

Dick Cheney Admits He is a War Criminal

Christian Ethics

In this exclusive ABC interview (transcript) Cheney does not outright say “I am a war criminal, please put cuffs on me,” but the implications are pretty clear. He knew about, ...

Bush REGRETS the war now?

News

So, I have had an very taxing weekend and was unable to put up a new article. Hopefully I’ll get that done tomorrow. However, I did notice this in my ...

The War Prayer

Media

Mark Twain wrote a short work in 1905 called The War Prayer in response to the American military intervention in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. This short film adaptation ...

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