When a Tea Party Conservative Fights Back
He has only been in the Senate for seven weeks, but the more I watch him, the more I like Ted Cruz (R-TX). This first-term senator is rattling the windows up in Washington. He refused to vote for an...
View ArticleWhite House Attack Dogs? The Left Devours One of Its Own
For better or worse, Bob Woodward is an icon of American journalism. He and Carl Bernstein did their original investigative reporting for The Washington Post on the scandal that eventually brought down...
View ArticleDrones: Hunting US Citizens at Home
On February 8th, I sounded the alarm regarding the killing of US citizens abroad who are believed by highly-placed officials to be a threat to our national security. As I stated then, the United States...
View ArticleGOP Dinosaurs
Constitutionalists around the nation were thrilled to see the recent filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). He wanted an answer from representatives of the current presidential administration regarding...
View ArticleSex, Love, and Liberty
The Kiss, by Francesco Hayez, 1859, oil painting on canvas (located in the Pinacoteca di Brera, the primary public gallery of Milan, Italy) As I have often remarked to my students, the most fascinating...
View ArticleThe Disturbing Favoritism of Ocean Springs Government
Imagine if your child came home from school one day and announced that she had received an “F” on her test because the teacher refused to answer her questions during a study session in class. You would...
View ArticleWounding the Cause of Liberty
It’s being reported that President Obama boarded Marine One (the presidential helicopter) Friday morning, that he was saluted by a member of the United States Marine Corps, and that he failed to return...
View ArticleThe Truth About Truth
Time Saving Truth From Falsehood and Envy, by Francois Lemoyne (1737); in retrospect, perhaps it’s a bit of political irony that the day after completing this piece, the artist tragically committed...
View ArticleSingle Payer: Harry Reid Admits the Truth
Why not start by scanning the attached photograph of prominent Democrat leadership? It includes from left to right, Pres. Barack Obama, Sen. Harry Reid, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi as they proclaim their...
View ArticleObama’s Audacity: Using the Shutdown to Punish Some, Reward Others
Barack Obama is nothing if not audacious. The title of his now-famous book seems to confirm it–The Audacity of Hope. His style of political campaigning confirms it, and although he did his best to hide...
View ArticleThe Liberty Professor Endorses Chris McDaniel for US Senate
Perhaps there is nothing more wonderful, more perplexing, or more troublesome than the challenge of discovering where we belong in life. As a Christian and theologian, I believe that life is God’s...
View ArticleThe Liberty Professor Returns
The Liberty Professor has decided to return from more than a year of self-imposed exile from writing. Stay tuned for more of the honest political and social analysis that you have come to expect from...
View ArticleEvery Bubble Bursts
Paper money (“fiat money”) endorsed by John Law. Photograph is in the public domain. I grew up in south Mississippi as a twelve-year student of the Ocean Springs School District. I’m grateful for the...
View ArticlePolitics Gets in the Way
This blog post is in memory of the nine people who died in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last week. While we fume and fuss about flags and statues, and while we debate about statues and plaques, the...
View ArticleA Parable of Equality Misunderstood
A reading from the Progressive Bible, First Book of Feel-Good Governance, chapter one. There once was a chef who had a friend, an architect friend. Each was a man of talent who created amazing things...
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