Last Thursday I spent 11 hours at the Texas state Capitol in Austin. The occasion for all the fun was a hearing by the House Ways and Means committee on issues related to property taxes. It was pretty amazing to watch the proceedings. One of the biggest problems we have in America today is that…
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The Liberty Café 94: Big Government Can’t Fix Big Tech
Conservatives know that Big Tech is taking the lead in advancing woke policies and practices that are doing great harm to American culture and individuals. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss why using Big Government to fix the problems with Big Tech is a really bad idea. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS
The Liberty Café 93: The Collapse of the Constitutional Order–Part 2
Do you ever wonder how America decayed into what we see today? On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we take a second look at how American went from a constitutional republic focused on liberty to a centralized administrative state seeking to control everything we say and do. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS
Replacing Big Tech with Big Government Won’t Benefit Consumers
This commentary originally appeared in the Dallas Morning News. In his farewell address delivered just over 60 years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans to “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” Critics of…
Opportunity to Tell the Texas Legislature to Abolish Chapter 313
It was not that long ago that property tax abatements were illegal in Texas because they were considered to be theft. This historic and biblical perspective was embedded in the Texas Constitution. Acknowledging the ethical and economic problems with the government giving taxpayer money to individuals or businesses, the Constitution contains what is known as the Gift…
The Christian Foundations of Government: A Bibliography
I teach a high school class on government and economics at a classical Christian school. Below is the list of books and original sources that I have used to prepare for and teach the class. Not everything on the list has a Christian perspective, but even those that do not can, when viewed from a…
The Liberty Café 92: The Collapse of the Constitutional Order–Part 1
Do you ever wonder how America decayed into what we see today? On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we take our first look at how American went from a constitutional republic focused on liberty to a centralized administrative state seeking to control everything we say and do. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS
Why Texans are Paying More for Less Reliable Electricity
Problems with generation adequacy in Texas were once rare occurrences. But no more. As everyone knows, Texas had the worst blackout in its history during the winter of 2021, when 10 million Texans went without power and 12 million without water. After the Texas Legislature passed a number of bills in response, Texas Gov. Greg…
The Liberty Cafe 91: Why Christians Should Care Whether Trump is Indicted
Will President Donald J. Trump be indicted? On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we examine the evidence to help understand what Democrats and the secular left are up to and discuss why Christians should be concerned about where this is going. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS
Will Trump Be Indicted? Why Christians Should Care
When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God is with you. – Deuteronomy 20:1 Christians’ ability to speak and live out the Word of God is under assault from the…