conservatism
For some time now, I’ve made no attempts to claim I’m a conservative. Though I have long agreed with so many conservative values, my conscience would not allow me to remain in lockstep with mainstream conservative positions. Perhaps I should point out that I’m a Christian before all else. Yes, I believe in limited government. [...]
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Liberals don’t like libertarianism because it’s “conservative” (whatever that means), and conservatives don’t like it because it’s “liberal” (whatever that means). I’ve long given up trying to understand what modern day American liberalism or conservatism actually means or even stands for. It seems that for most liberals and conservatives it means whatever the Democratic and [...]
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“I agree with Ron Paul on almost everything with the exception of his foreign policy views.” I cannot count the number of times I have heard that statement uttered by conservatives in the past few months. I heard it again this morning. This is perplexing to me. When I first entered into the world of [...]
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In episode 70 of this podcast, I asked the question, What is the value of freedom? When the political right and the political left in this country debate issues, the value each group places upon the virtue of freedom is what fundamentally makes the difference between the two groups. Maybe that’s overly simplifying their differences [...]
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I found an article on a blog called, The Areopagus. I can only assume why the blog’s author chose that name, but it happens to the name of a Greek gentleman Paul encountered in Acts of the Bible. He was the one who asked Paul, “May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [...]
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