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Individualism vs Collectivism: A Libertarian Dilemma

Libertarianism

“Dear Christian, we are neither individualist nor collectivist. This is a false choice. We are individuals living in community. You cannot deny one to affirm the other. You can’t hold ...

More Christians Need to be Libertarian

Why More Christians Need to be Libertarian and How to Convince Them

Announcements

The Libertarian Christian Institute is proud to announce that we’ll be an exhibitor at FreedomFest in Las Vegas, NV, from July 13-16, 2022! Not only will thousands of liberty-minded people ...

Religious Roots of Liberty

History

This article by Rev. Edmund Opitz (who wrote The Libertarian Theology of Freedom) is reprinted from the Mises Daily Article Archive, August 26, 2009. It was originally published as “Religious ...

Free Market Law

Economics

I want to direct your weekend reading to three excellent passages from my good friend Daniel Krawisz. Part 1: Free Market Law Libertarians sometimes try to derive solutions from the ...

Rights, Obligations, Favor and Love

Culture

John Knowlton is an entrepreneur, pastor, and avid cyclist. He lives in Kalamazoo, MI with his wife and children. Find his weekly blog, Thinking for Success at johnknowlton.substack.com. “It is better to ...

Protection, Defense, Retaliation, and Self-Ownership

History

This is a guest post written by Todd Lewis, who graduated from Malone University with a degree in history and philosophy. He has extensive knowledge of history, theology, philosophy, and ...

Justice, Power, and Boundaries

Culture

“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.” Lev. 19:15 It doesn’t take much time to notice that ...

The Proper Origin of Rights

Philosophy

Libertarianism is founded on the belief that individuals have universal rights – specifically rights to life, liberty, and the possession of property. Despite fairly widespread recognition of these rights, their ...

Women’s Rights? A Libertarian Evaluation

Libertarianism

Women’s rights movements have centered on the fact that in some societies women have been perceived as property or a sub-class of human. Historically, women’s rights movements have been about ...

Full Body Scanners are a Full Body Menace

Appearances

Last week, I had the opportunity to be on the InfoWars Nightly News to talk about the TSA’s full body scanners and our efforts in Texas to stop the TSA’s ...

“It is Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong” Book Review

Book Reviews

Review of Andrew Napolitano, It is Dangerous to be Right When the Government is Wrong: The Case for Personal Freedom (Thomas Nelson, 2011), 320 pp. Hardcover: $24.99 ($16.49 on Amazon.com). ...

Is there still a Bill of Rights?

History

Today is the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights being passed. Cato-at-Liberty surveys the current state of these safeguards, and it is not particularly pleasant to consider how pathetic ...

The Second Amendment and Built-in Revolution

History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. This column is the ...

Slavery to the State

Politics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. This column is the ...

Children’s Rights – A Libertarian Dilemma with a Christian Answer

Christian Worldview

Note: This is a provocative piece that had a lot of back-and-forth email conversation before publication here. It is an important debate to have, but should not be construed as ...

What “rights” do Christians have?

Christian Ethics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- Do Christians have ...

Natural Rights – How do they work?

Theology

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- In the Declaration ...

Do Christians have the right to defend themselves? (Even from the state?)

Christian Ethics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- Do Christians have ...

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 ...

Battle for the Mind

Theology

By Edmund Opitz, originally published in the April 1984 edition of The Freeman. —- The term Weltanschauung is nothing more than a highfalutin label for “world view.” Everyone has a ...

What makes a Christian libertarian different?

Christian Worldview

Scott and Kelly each submitted questions via the new FAQ page that are worth pointing out to everyone. Why not ask your own question? What do Christian libertarians generally view ...

Who Owns You?

Libertarianism

This article is #21 – and the final article – of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and ...

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 ...

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, ...

Defending Freedom and the Free Society

History

By Edmund Opitz. Countless generations of men have lived in unfree societies, but many men dreamed of freedom and hoped for the day when their children would be free. Gradually ...

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 ...

Intellectual Property and Libertarianism

Economics

Stephan Kinsella’s presentation at Mises University this past July is an excellent introduction to intellectual property, and to rights theory in general. LVMI recently posted the talk to their YouTube ...

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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