The Warfare-Welfare State The curse of the Total State, as we have seen, is something of a package deal. Samuel’s warnings in 1 Samuel 8 were meant to deter the people from breaking God’s laws revealed in Deuteronomy 17—lusting for a “king like other nations.” And just like the king forbidden in those laws—the king [...]
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Much like topics in previous chapters, to talk about “the loss of freedom” in regard to markets is not quite accurate. Although they have often been much freer than they are today, America has never had truly free markets. The causes for this are multiple—everything from ideology to graft, war and crisis, socialistic schemes and [...]
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The Occupiers are pulling out all the stops to support their failing cause. When Leftists start appealing to the Bible, you know they’re in trouble. How many times have we heard that “religion and politics don’t mix,” “you can’t impose your morality on others,” or “there’s a separation of church and state”? These conservative prohibitions [...]
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People have no idea how much freedom we’ve lost, how far we’ve gone. It is no stretch to say that America is not what it used to be. Many lovers of our country will readily identify with the sentiment. What needs to be pushed, however, is a reminder about how and in what ways we [...]
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There is no doubt that the sin of Adam and Eve was met with a curse from God. Part of that curse came upon the ground, and thus upon our work: cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it [...]
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If you’re like me, you’re tired of watching America head downhill, especially when it means the erosion of our culture, wealth, faith, and the steamrolling of our rights and liberties. And if you’re like me, you want to do something about it as soon as possible. But you also probably know better than to believe [...]
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Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 2: Welfare 2.2 How Freedom was Lost in America We have seen how matters of human welfare in a free society should only stem from the legal institution of the family and private insurance arrangements. And we have seen, now, how that’s the way it used to [...]
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Former theist and now self-avowed atheist Dan Barker, who is co-president of the Freedom of Religion Foundation, promoted a “Beware of Dogma” campaign using billboards that also included the line “Imagine No Religion,” borrowed from John Lennon’s atheist national anthem “Imagine.” I wonder if the FRF’s call for everyone to “beware of dogma” includes the [...]
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Pixar’s latest ‘Cars 2′ has critics in a tail spin and speeding away from theater showings. What’s so different from this film and the popular prequel of 2006? On this episode, we have Ben Hodges as a guest reviewer to go in-depth into the first ‘Cars’ film to give us some insights into what might be influencing public opinion of the sequel. Have you seen the earmarks of socialism, and even Marxism in the original ‘Cars’? Ben uncovers these and more on today’s Movieology!
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The final part on education in the “County rights” Project: Restoring America: One County at a Time Chapter 1: Education 1.3 How to Get It Back When we talk about restoring freedom, we have to be careful not to be too romantic about the past. It is one thing to survey how things used to [...]
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TEA-Party Hypocrisy: How Much Socialism Is Acceptable?
Obama Begins Covert Attack on Second Amendment
Tyranny: the "Official Language" of Misguided Conservatives
Five Truths that Republicans Hate
Five Reasons My Generation is Not Getting Married…and what can be done about it
TEA-Party Hypocrisy: How Much Socialism Is Acceptable?
Obama Begins Covert Attack on Second Amendment
Tyranny: the "Official Language" of Misguided Conservatives
Five Truths that Republicans Hate
Five Reasons My Generation is Not Getting Married…and what can be done about it