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An Invitation From Mark Skousen
Here's a personal invitation to the readers of LDSFreemen.com from Mark Skousen:
Dear Fellow Freemen!
I'm writing to invite you to join me in "the greatest libertarian show on earth" -- FreedomFest -- set for July 7-11 at Bally's Events Center in Las Vegas. It is a Renaissance gathering of free ...
Muddy, Dusty Dirt Roads
I live at the end of a long dirt road. And that’s just fine with me.
But, in my younger years I abhorred dirt roads. My attitude then was, “Give me pavement or give me death.”
I couldn’t wait to make a life for myself in the big city. It ...
On Whether to Tear Down or Build Up
A recent article by Utah attorney Jerry Salcido touched on the battle many patriots face when they realize the magnitude of our awful situation: do we focus our time on outing conspiracies and pointing out corruption, or do we study and advocate correct principles to win people over to the ...
Mises on Drug Paternalism
Ludwig von Mises was wise to the unintended consequences caused by government interference in not only the economy, but many other aspects of human action. Pulled from a recent article by Anthony Gregory is this quote by Mises fitting for the War on Drugs (emphasis added):
The problems involved in direct ...
Living the Nephite Nightmare
The Book of Mormon is a prophecy for our time.
This has been my thesis since the mid-1980s, when I wrote Parallel Histories: The Nephites and The Americans. It was written over 20 years ago in response to then church president Ezra Taft Benson’s call to carefully and diligently re-examine the ...
Property Rights: The Foundation of Freedom
The right to own property is essential to maintaining a free society. The Founding Fathers of the United States considered property ownership as a God-given foundational right, and this belief was the underlying cause of the American Revolution. The doctrine of property rights was so important, that it was canonized ...
What is Morally Right About Economic Freedom
This is a great lecture by the Rabbi Daniel Lapin at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference, held at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. He explores, in a very lively and entertaining way (he is Jewish, after all) what is morally right about economic freedom. That to exchange ...
10 Tenets of Freedom
Fantastic list created by Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation, detailing 10 tenets of freedom. Excerpts from each tenet, read the entire 2-part article here:
Income Taxation
How can a person be considered truly free if the state has the power to take whatever percentage of income it wants from ...
Imagining Liberty
No one says it quite like Mencken:
The fact is that liberty, in any true sense, is a concept that lies quite beyond the reach of the inferior man’s mind. He can imagine and even esteem, in his way, certain false forms of liberty–for example, the right to choose between ...
Self-Ownership and God
In a recent essay on LDSFreemen.com, the author begins, "Contrary to libertarian philosophy, man does not have the right to full ownership of his body." He then goes on to explain in his thesis that the "the right to full ownership of the human body belongs to the Lord Jesus ...
Thanksgiving – The Birth of Private Enterprise
I first learned of these events a few years ago and each year since I share them with others. My kids are not yet old enough to understand their importance, but one day they will. Richard Ebeling here explains the true meaning of that first Thanksgiving dinner:
This time of the ...
Shouting Fire and Property Rights
A year ago I quoted Murray Rothbard on what he had to say about shouting fire. Sheldon Richman recently argued the same thing, rather conclusively in my opinion:
The "fire in the crowded theater" matter is not an exception to free speech but a recognition of property rights, of which free ...
Why Be Libertarian?
Murray Rothbard, Austrian School economist, libertarian, and founder of (what he termed) Anarcho-capitalism, wrote a fantastic article asking, "Why be libertarian?":
Why be libertarian, anyway? By this we mean, what’s the point of the whole thing? Why engage in a deep and lifelong commitment to the principle and the goal of ...
Vices Are Not Crimes
Liberty is often categorized into types: economic freedom, political freedom, freedom of conscience, etc. One who seeks to promote freedom and liberty must consistently promote all types of liberty, so long as those freedoms do not infringe on the liberties of others. I consider moral freedom one of those liberties ...
Introducing LDSFreedomNetwork.com
Over the years that I've been involved in creating websites such as LatterdayConservative.com and LDSFreedomForum.com, I've bookmarked other Freedom-related websites I've come across which were created by Latter-day Saints. I finally got around to implementing my idea of creating LDSFreedomNetwork.com.
LDSFreedomNetwork.com is basically a directory, or network, of website, Blogs and ...
In an Ideal America
Every person should be free
to pursue his ambition to the full extent of his abilities, regardless of race or creed or family background.
to associate with whom he pleases for any reason he pleases, even if someone else thinks it's a stupid reason.
to worship God in his own ...
Sunshine Patriots
photo credit: Stephen Poff
In an effort to inspire the colonials to stay the course in throwing off the shackles of British tyranny, Thomas Paine wrote a series of pamphlets titled The American Crisis. The first of these pamphlets began with the lines:
These are the times that try men’s souls.
The summer ...
Foundation for an Ideal State–Part IV Contract Citizenship
This is an essential exercise for Latter-Day Saints to know how a government of liberty should be structured in order to safeguard freedom and individual rights against the judicial and legislative attacks that have eroded our inspired Constitution. This essay contains Principle 5 on contract citizenship.
This is a continuation of ...
An Invitation From Mark Skousen
Here's a personal invitation to the readers of LDSFreemen.com from Mark Skousen: Dear Fellow Freemen! I'm writing to invite you to join me in "the greatest libertarian show on earth" -- FreedomFest -- set for July 7-11 at Bally's Events Center in Las Vegas. It is a Renaissance gathering of free ...Muddy, Dusty Dirt Roads
I live at the end of a long dirt road. And that’s just fine with me. But, in my younger years I abhorred dirt roads. My attitude then was, “Give me pavement or give me death.” I couldn’t wait to make a life for myself in the big city. It ...On Whether to Tear Down or Build Up
A recent article by Utah attorney Jerry Salcido touched on the battle many patriots face when they realize the magnitude of our awful situation: do we focus our time on outing conspiracies and pointing out corruption, or do we study and advocate correct principles to win people over to the ...Mises on Drug Paternalism
Ludwig von Mises was wise to the unintended consequences caused by government interference in not only the economy, but many other aspects of human action. Pulled from a recent article by Anthony Gregory is this quote by Mises fitting for the War on Drugs (emphasis added): The problems involved in direct ...Living the Nephite Nightmare
The Book of Mormon is a prophecy for our time. This has been my thesis since the mid-1980s, when I wrote Parallel Histories: The Nephites and The Americans. It was written over 20 years ago in response to then church president Ezra Taft Benson’s call to carefully and diligently re-examine the ...Property Rights: The Foundation of Freedom
The right to own property is essential to maintaining a free society. The Founding Fathers of the United States considered property ownership as a God-given foundational right, and this belief was the underlying cause of the American Revolution. The doctrine of property rights was so important, that it was canonized ...What is Morally Right About Economic Freedom
This is a great lecture by the Rabbi Daniel Lapin at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference, held at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. He explores, in a very lively and entertaining way (he is Jewish, after all) what is morally right about economic freedom. That to exchange ...10 Tenets of Freedom
Fantastic list created by Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation, detailing 10 tenets of freedom. Excerpts from each tenet, read the entire 2-part article here: Income Taxation How can a person be considered truly free if the state has the power to take whatever percentage of income it wants from ...Imagining Liberty
No one says it quite like Mencken: The fact is that liberty, in any true sense, is a concept that lies quite beyond the reach of the inferior man’s mind. He can imagine and even esteem, in his way, certain false forms of liberty–for example, the right to choose between ...Self-Ownership and God
In a recent essay on LDSFreemen.com, the author begins, "Contrary to libertarian philosophy, man does not have the right to full ownership of his body." He then goes on to explain in his thesis that the "the right to full ownership of the human body belongs to the Lord Jesus ...Thanksgiving – The Birth of Private Enterprise
I first learned of these events a few years ago and each year since I share them with others. My kids are not yet old enough to understand their importance, but one day they will. Richard Ebeling here explains the true meaning of that first Thanksgiving dinner: This time of the ...Shouting Fire and Property Rights
A year ago I quoted Murray Rothbard on what he had to say about shouting fire. Sheldon Richman recently argued the same thing, rather conclusively in my opinion: The "fire in the crowded theater" matter is not an exception to free speech but a recognition of property rights, of which free ...Why Be Libertarian?
Murray Rothbard, Austrian School economist, libertarian, and founder of (what he termed) Anarcho-capitalism, wrote a fantastic article asking, "Why be libertarian?": Why be libertarian, anyway? By this we mean, what’s the point of the whole thing? Why engage in a deep and lifelong commitment to the principle and the goal of ...Vices Are Not Crimes
Liberty is often categorized into types: economic freedom, political freedom, freedom of conscience, etc. One who seeks to promote freedom and liberty must consistently promote all types of liberty, so long as those freedoms do not infringe on the liberties of others. I consider moral freedom one of those liberties ...Introducing LDSFreedomNetwork.com
Over the years that I've been involved in creating websites such as LatterdayConservative.com and LDSFreedomForum.com, I've bookmarked other Freedom-related websites I've come across which were created by Latter-day Saints. I finally got around to implementing my idea of creating LDSFreedomNetwork.com. LDSFreedomNetwork.com is basically a directory, or network, of website, Blogs and ...In an Ideal America
Every person should be free to pursue his ambition to the full extent of his abilities, regardless of race or creed or family background. to associate with whom he pleases for any reason he pleases, even if someone else thinks it's a stupid reason. to worship God in his own ...Sunshine Patriots
photo credit: Stephen Poff In an effort to inspire the colonials to stay the course in throwing off the shackles of British tyranny, Thomas Paine wrote a series of pamphlets titled The American Crisis. The first of these pamphlets began with the lines: These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer ...Foundation for an Ideal State–Part IV Contract Citizenship
This is an essential exercise for Latter-Day Saints to know how a government of liberty should be structured in order to safeguard freedom and individual rights against the judicial and legislative attacks that have eroded our inspired Constitution. This essay contains Principle 5 on contract citizenship. This is a continuation of ...LDSFreemen.com Newsletter
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LDS Liberty Podcast
- The Free Capitalist – Part I March 6, 2010
- Suffer the Illegal Immigrants February 27, 2010
- The Coming Apostasy February 20, 2010
- You Don’t Have To Be Poor February 13, 2010
- Who Owns Your Children and Ideas February 6, 2010
