Tim Challies is a reformed pastor and longtime blogger based in Canada. He recently published an article lamenting the quarantine restrictions there. Challies has every reason in the world to lament. Their young son passed away a few weeks ago with no medical...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Abortion, and Al Mohler
Ginsburg, Abortion, Mohler In this episode of the LCI Roundtable, Doug Stuart, Mike Maharrey, Matthew Bellis, and Kerry Baldwin discuss the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, abortion, and Al Mohler. Does she deserve all the attention she’s getting from both sides of the...
The Doublespeak of Black Lives Matter and a Libertarian Response
The murder of George Floyd has proven to be a tipping point in America. Not only are various politicians looking at criminal justice reform, but some police officers are abandoning their posts as they’ve done in Seattle, Minneapolis, and now Atlanta. This doesn’t seem...
Avoiding Idolatry In Difficult Times
“There is no such thing as not worshiping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship … If you worship money and things, … then you will never have enough … worship power, you will end up feeling weak and afraid, and you will need even more power...
The Virulence of Moral Panic
The COVID-19 outbreak is front and center in everyone’s mind. Emotions run high as states across the US have ordered people to stop working and stay home. Some people have been able to keep their jobs and work from home, while others have lost their jobs. (As of this...
Harm or Aggression: How do Libertarians Establish What is Crime?
Some libertarians confuse the non-aggression principle (NAP) with the harm principle. It’s not that hard to see why; aggression can cause harm. So, some non-libertarian Christians have misconstrued what our non-aggression principle means. This often leads to confusion...
A “woman’s right to choose” is a devastating euphemism
When actress Michelle Williams gave her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, everyone knew what she was talking about. Sometime in Williams’ past, she had an abortion. But she never actually mentioned the word ‘abortion’. Instead, she referenced a common euphemism,...
Present Objections to Walter Block’s Evictionism
In my previous article, I summarized Walter Block’s theory of eviction which he proposes is the libertarian alternative to the current abortion debate. Block hasn’t gone entirely unchallenged on his theory, but the criticisms he’s received have fallen short of the...
What is Evictionism? Walter Block’s Response to Abortion
Walter Block is well-known in libertarian circles. He’s a professor and chair of economics at Loyola University and a senior fellow of the Mises Institute. Block first articulated his position on abortion, known as evictionism, back in 1977 and is built upon Murray...