Latter-day Liberty: A Gospel Approach to Government and Politics
Latter-day Responsibility: Choosing Liberty Through Personal Accountability
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photo credit: eeloy A common assessment of American’s current political landscape is that individuals have become largely disenfranchised, bored, and isolated. People are fed up with the inherent divisiveness of politics, and the lack of progress they see (or with which they agree). For the minority that are actively interested and involved, polarity is readily [...]
photo credit: ArtByChrysti For the past few months, I’ve been taking a history class in pursuit of my master’s degree in political economy. This class covered the era from Christopher Columbus (late 1400s) through Abraham Lincoln (mid 1800s). Part of the class requirements is an oral examination, where the student is peppered with questions by [...]
photo credit: Bnei B Changing the oil in your car. Sewing your own clothes. Growing your own food. Building your own house. The list continues, full of things that the average American has no idea how to do. As society has progressed, specialization has increased. Through the division of labor, we focus our time and [...]
photo credit: Captive Light Yes, it’s true. I’m not attending one of the many tea parties being organized on this, the day of legalized American thievery. Upset citizens across the country are rallying in various locations to voice their concerns, hold up their signs, and maybe get on the news. But I have several concerns [...]
photo credit: Arnaldo Carvalho The opening discourse in last week’s general conference was given by Robert D. Hales on the subject of becoming a provident provider. For me, this talk set the tone for all the talks that would follow. During the entire conference, there was much talk of adversity, the economy, trials, and dealing [...]
photo credit: Simio Sapiens A feeling shared by the more idealistic of libertarians is that implicit contracts should be done away with, meaning that a person should only be bound by law to which he has affixed his signature, and therefore, his explicit, stated consent. Any other type of agreement or legal framework, under this [...]
photo credit: J. J. Gutiérrez Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has now become famous for suggesting that a good politician should never let “a serious crisis go to waste.” Further explaining his remarks, he stated that crises are “an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Fellow Obaman Hillary [...]
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