The Liberalism of Christian Conservatives

Faith is belief in the absence of evidence. Faith in government is belief despite all evidence to the contrary.
The issue of religious faith is once again a major factor in the Republican primary. Mitt Romney just delivered a stem-winding speech on religion and politics at Texas A&M that has many pundits [...]

Athlete, Cancer Survivor, Politician (2 Out Of 3 Ain’t Bad)

The Dallas Morning News is speculating that Lance Armstrong may be on the verge of a career in politics. He apparently made quite an impression on some by his successful advocacy of Prop 15, a taxpayer-funded cancer research program here in Texas. Some people are even throwing around the word “hero” to describe [...]

Leviathan’s Next Crisis

One of the preeminent books in libertarian circles is Crisis and Leviathan, by Robert Higgs. His central thesis is that government uses crises (real or imagined) to increase the scope of its control. The newly created controls may be relaxed a bit once the crisis passes, but they never return to their pre-crisis [...]