“You can’t eat no words.” Jake voiced his displeasure at Louisa’s recent attempt at panhandling. “If you don’t do better than that, we’ll go hungry tonight,” he added. Louisa could feel the emptiness in her stomach––the Thanksgiving meal the city had provided the day before no longer filled her. She was used to the gnawing…
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The Liberty Cafe 14: Race, Culture, and the Church with Sam Bridgeman
Sam Bridgeman, a basketball player, insurance executive, and grandfather, joins the Liberty Cafe to discuss his experiences with and thoughts about people in the context of today’s debates over race, culture, and the church. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Facts About COVID-19
by Swiss Policy Research According to the latest immunological and serological studies, the overall lethality of Covid-19 (IFR) is about 0.1% and thus in the range of a strong seasonal influenza (flu). In countries like the US, the UK, and also Sweden (without a lockdown), overall mortality since the beginning of the year is in the range of a strong influenza…
A Prayer for Growing Old
by Robert W. Crooker My wife’s great Uncle Bob was a Roman Catholic priest. He passed away a couple of years ago. I did not know him very well, only briefly meeting him a few times. But recently I was given this article written by him as he entered his sixties. I found it humbling…
The Consequences of Two Centuries of Slavery in America
Apparently, it is not just white men (dead or alive) that are the primary source of the problems in the world today. White women are also guilty of uphold[ing] white supremacy through violence, aggression and the weaponizing of their gender, [and are] “lucky that we are just calling them ‘Karen’s’. And not calling for revenge…
Public Education: Making Over American Society in Its Own Image
On Tuesday, Reason.org reported on the latest U.S. Supreme Court decision: This morning, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, striking down Montana’s state constitutional Blaine Amendment, which forbids state aid to “any church, school, academy, seminary, college, university, or other literary or scientific institution, controlled in whole or…
The Liberty Cafe 13: The Biblical Role and Limitations of Civil Government
Many Christians understand that family and church governments have limited roles, but then give civil government leave to do just about anything it wants. This stems from not looking in depth at what the Bible tells us about the role of civil government and the limits placed on it. This week on The Liberty Cafe…
The Liberty Cafe 012: The Cancel Culture
The Cancel Culture is Nothing New. Nor is it exclusive to the left. Though the progressive left is certainly taking it to new heights today. On Episode 12 of the Liberty Cafe this week, we talk about some of the people who don’t get the threat of the cancel culture and some who do. Podcast: Play…
The Liberty Cafe 011: The Path to Liberty
Christians are obligated to work daily to make earth look more like heaven. This includes helping shape the world to reflect the liberty we have in Christ. On Episode 11 of the Liberty Cafe, I talk about seven public policy prescriptions designed to do just that. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Get the Economics Right: An Interview with Bill Peacock
I was interviewed last year by the good folks at Lara-Murphy Reporting. We talked about economics, electricity, and public policy. I thought I’d republish it here: Lara-Murphy Report: How did you discover Austrian economics? Bill Peacock: Its funny that you ask because I don’t really remember the source. It was in 1989—before the Internet. We…