Politicians love power. However, most of them understand that “Power to the Politician” is not a very good campaign slogan. This week on Episode 23 of the Liberty Café, we talk with local government expert and liberty lover James Quintero with the Texas Public Policy Foundation about how politicians keep secrets and what can done…
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The Liberty Café 22: What President Trump and the Houston Astros Have in Common
A recent conversation with friends helped me to see more clearly the connection between the Houston Astros and President Donald Trump: liberals hate them both. And as a result we get a lot of fake news about each of them. This week on the Liberty Café we explore what that means for the upcoming presidential…
The Liberty Café 21: Church/State and Trump/Biden
A lot of folks may find theological debates within the church boring and not worth their time. But what happens in the church is a pretty good predictor of what is going to happen in the culture. Put another way, if the church caves to worldly wisdom, it is a good bet that that the…
A Brief History of the PCW
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us. There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet…
The Liberty Café 20: There’s No Such Thing as Freedom of Religion
Many Christian leaders claim that the Bible doesn’t really tell us all that much about how civil government should be operated. Yet Scripture is full of direction both for civil rulers and citizens about the limits of civil government. And about how we are to worship no one other than God. Podcast: Play in new window | Download…
How the Texas GOP Missed the Revolutions
Over the past 18 years, the Texas GOP has missed two revolutions. Today on the Liberty Café we take a look at missed opportunities and some steps on the path forward to liberty. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS
The Liberty Café 18: Why I am Still Voting for Trump
In 2016 I did not vote for Donald Trump. But after watching him for almost two years, in 2018 I decided I would do so in the next election. There are still those out there, though, who are considering not voting for him in 2020 for many of the same reasons I did not four…
The Liberty Café 17: Defunding Public Schools
Most Americans have been rightfully battling the left to reopen the economy and our lives. But perhaps we should rethink the current push to reopen the public schools, which have produced one new generation after another “who [do] not know the LORD or the work that he [has] done.” Instead of defunding the police, it…
Compartmentalizing God
People in all ages have their conceits. For instance, a conceit of the ancient world was that man could manipulate the gods because the gods were a lot like man. Today, in the modern age, a major conceit is that we think we can compartmentalize God and keep Him in His place. Perhaps the primary…
The Liberty Café 16: No Future for Renewable Energy
Renewable energy disappeared almost overnight from the Western world once we could afford to build the infrastructure needed to benefit from reliable and affordable coal, oil, and natural gas. On this week’s Liberty Café, we discuss how renewable energy will disappear once again if Texans, Americans, and citizens across the world are willing stop their…