by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Libertarian Politics, Politics
Scouting Award Speech by Clayton M. Christensen June 11, 2009 I am honored that, in the words of the hosts of the NPR program “Car Talk,” so many of you would waste a perfectly good hour listening to people say these things about me. I am grateful beyond words for...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Libertarian Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 9/6/2009 Summary: This essay examines power from the perspective that men pursue power to satisfy a desire for power itself. Men love the feeling of power, and the pursuit of this feeling is a drug in the sense that it alters...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Libertarian Politics, Politics
Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/23/2009 Today on the Fox Business News, High Noon segment, the commentators considered the issue of legalizing medical marijuana. They argued that legalization would lower the crime rate by reducing incentives for gang and organized crime,...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Libertarian Politics, Politics
(Quotes from SOBRAN’S, December 2002, pages 3–6) by Tom Sobran: Entire essay found at: www.sobran.com/reluctant.html Commentary by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/1/2010 Thomas This argument assumes that the state will inevitably, unavoidably, necessarily, logically,...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Libertarian Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/31/2010 Introduction and Summary: The implied social contract is that having been born in a nation, that we have an obligation to follow the laws of the land. John (in an email thread below) makes the following statement, “No human or...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Libertarian Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 11/11/2010 John (quote from email correspondence below): “I would say that the only area where you and I *might* disagree is in the use of force to achieve natural law. Or maybe we don’t disagree? Natural law is about individuals having...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Libertarian Politics, Politics
by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND11/23/2010 —– Original Message —– From: John To: Thomas Lee Abshier Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:04 PM Subject: Fwd: The War Party Vs. Rand Paul FYI…. John ‹(•¿•)› Subject: The War Party Vs. Rand Paul Justin...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Libertarian Politics
By: Chana B. Cox (Author) Review by W. Collier: Liberty: God’s Gift to Humanity (Paperback) If you’re confused by the partisan wrangling between conservatives and liberals in the U.S.; if you wonder why you don’t agree with either party but you know...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
1/7/2014 “If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their robberies are legalized.” Lysander Spooner Facebook Exchange: Stephanie H Love this! However, I can very easily see someone...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 24, 2019 | Christianity in Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 03/16/2014 From: John H. Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:17 AM To: ‘Thomas Lee Abshier, ND’ Subject: Interesting thought experiment Here’s a test: “I’m holding a baby in one hand, and a petri dish holding an embryo in the other....
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