I love this article. One of the accusations against libertarianism’s principles today is the idea that libertarians so often come to the exact or nearly exact same conclusions when they look at an issue. This conformity shows, people argue, that libertarians don’t think for themselves, because how can people agree on so many issues, with…
DetailsPride is an ugly thing. One of the biggest problems with pride is that it leads us to reject things that we know nothing about. Take Bill O’Reilly, for example, in being unable to understand the economics Ron Paul is professing, and rejecting him out of hand in spite(or because?): A policy to govern a…
DetailsLast night, a story was brought to my attention that makes my blood boil. This week in Indiana, a bill passed banning Planned Parenthood funding from the state. In response, the Obama Administration bared its teeth and threatened Indiana – if Planned Parenthood funding is cut, Indiana will lose all Medicare funding. Everyone who reads…
Detailsfrom ToTheSource and Dr. Ross Porter this week comes a spectacular column on our culture’s worship of dis-education and vice: “Humankind cannot stand too much reality.” -T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton A recent Gallup poll found that 76% of Americans believe moral values in the United States are getting worse. This is the highest percentage in…
DetailsThere are a few people in this world who, when I hear their opinion on a particular topic after having thought it over myself, make me want to kick myself for not having approached the issue from a certain angle. Not only can these people think for themselves, but have the ability to supersede the…
Details+ I now come to that part of Christian morals where they differ most sharply from all other morals. There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever…
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