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Equal But Not the Same May 7, 2021

By Edmund Opitz. —- The real American revolution of two hundred years ago took place in the minds of people; it was a philosophical revolution which evolved a new temper and state of mind. There were some dating assumptions about the nature of the human person, with his Creator-endowed rights, as set forth in the […] The post Equal But Not the Same appeared […]

A $15 Minimum Wage Would Hurt Those it’s Meant to Help May 6, 2021

This article was originally published on CNN Business on February 9, 2021. The full text can be found here. This is the sixth of 7 installments in our series, “Compassion, Not Compulsion: Why the Welfare State Fails to Lift the Poor.” This guest post is Nathan Mayo, and was originally published on TrueCharity. Learn more about TrueCharity here. […] The post […]

Ep 221: Guiding Critical Thought, with Kerry Baldwin May 4, 2021

Kerry Baldwin is back on the show to discuss what critical thinking really is, why it’s important, how to do it properly, why so many people seem to lack the ability to think critically, and how to conduct conversations with people using the Socratic method, in order to help them start thinking critically. Show Notes […] The post Ep 221: Guiding Critical Tho […]

The Proper Origin of Rights April 30, 2021

Libertarianism is founded on the belief that individuals have universal rights – specifically rights to life, liberty, and the possession of property. Despite fairly widespread recognition of these rights, their universal defense (that is, an explanation of why these rights apply at all times and in all places) can often be difficult to articulate. Three pre […]

The Libertarian Aquinas: Does Law Make Men Good? (Part 4) April 29, 2021

Jonathan McIntosh (Ph.D., University of Dallas) is a Fellow of Humanities at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, where he teaches on the history of western political and economic thought, philosophical theology, natural law ethics, Aquinas, Anselm, and J.R.R. Tolkien. He is the author of The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysic […]

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