The Halo Effect: Why People Trust the State
This is a guest post by Caleb Furlough. He received his PhD from North Carolina State University in Human Factors …
Tag: politicians
Deuteronomy 17:14-20 as an Ancient Limitation on Political Authority
Deuteronomy is a puzzling book. It’s a marvelous ‘farewell sermon’ by Moses before Joshua takes up command, but the literary …
The United States & North Korea: the Formation of a Relationship
Donald Trump has become the first sitting United States President to meet with a North Korean Leader. Depending on who …
How to Keep Calm and Carry On in Turbulent Times
Who believes in the invisible hand nowadays? Keynesian techniques are the only techniques we can confidently expect to be implemented …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: What is the Government?
Whenever there’s a school shooting, the answer from the political left is always the same: take the guns away from …
Achieving Power, Printing Money, Creating Wealth
If you wanted to become the most powerful person in the world, how would you do it? Work harder …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Voting
“Have you voted today?” I remember uttering these words when calling up random, local people on the phone hours before …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Democracy
Democracy is one of the great gods of Western civilization. “We are part of something providential,” said John McCain in …
Power Politics in the Name of Love
Christians in America continue to wrestle with the challenge of how best to engage politically following the corrosive aftermath of …
Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Authority
Human beings are often told to do stuff on the sheer basis of “authority” alone. “Listen to your teacher.” Why? …
What You Should Really Know About the Libyan Slave Trade
Christians Serious About Justice Cannot Pretend History Began Yesterday Readers of The Gospel Coalition could hardly be blamed for thinking …
Start With Jesus As King
American Christians just can’t quit our addiction to power. We have no problem with the notion that a majority should …
Lying Mattis
“I’m the secretary of defense. We defend the country.” ~ Secretary of Defense James Mattis Secretary of Defense James “Mad …
How Should A Christian Politician Behave?
The following is a response to a recent e-mail received by Norman Horn. (names redacted) Dear [redacted], Thank you …
How the Government “Works” – A Visual Model
How does the government actually “work?” In conversations about economics or politics, it is only a matter of time before …
Americans Are Quadruple Taxed
It has often been pointed out that corporate profits are double taxed when a corporation pays income tax on its …
Airbnb and the “Housing Shortage” Nonsense
If I hear another bureaucrat complain about Airbnb creating a “shortage” of housing, I’ll vomit. Airbnb, like the steam engine, …
Twelve False Assumptions Behind Mainstream Politics
1. That the world’s problems can be solved by passing more laws. The more rules there are, the less freedom …
Trump: The Scapegoat Supreme
David Gornoski breaks down the unhinged attempted feeding frenzy by the media and its customers using the lens he has …
Mr. Trump Gets Neoconned
It didn’t take long. With the recent bombing of Syria on the 100th anniversary of U.S. entry into World War …
Dying Senselessly: Saying What Needs to Be Said About the Military
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) Dying …
The Conservative Christian Lie about Obama and the Military
That the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama was an “obomination” there is no question. During his presidency I wrote of …
David Gornoski Interviews Ron Paul
Author and friend of LCI, David Gornoski, recently interviewed Ron Paul on the subject of Christian nonviolence. It’s always great …
Phony Anarchists
Reuters is reporting on supposed ‘anarchist groups’ planning to interfere with Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20th. This falls …
The Flag is a Coffin Veil
“Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. About the ninth hour Jesus …
Ben Carson the Welfare and Warfare Statist
It happens every four years. Candidates for president issue books to sucker people to vote for them using the written …
25 Reasons I Could Never Be Elected
Today, being the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, is election day. Aside from the fact that I don’t …
Meet the CFL Speakers: Rep. David Simpson
Introducing Christians for Liberty Conference keynote speaker Rep. David Simpson of the Texas Legislature. David is a personal friend of …
WATCH: Liberty Defined with Ron Paul
The Independent Institute recently hosted a special seminar with Dr. Ron Paul to talk about the future of freedom in …
The Rand Paul Filibuster in 2 Minutes
Anthony Gregory explains the significance of the Rand Paul Filibuster in two minutes: This is an exciting time for liberty, …