Where Oppression is on the Menu
Texas political leaders assured Texans in 2019 that they had “fixed school finance” and provided “meaningful and lasting” property tax reform. On Episode 64 of the Liberty Cafe, we look at the numbers to see how Texas political leaders have once again failed to deliver on their promises to provide property tax relief.
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Ever since the U.S. Constitution was adopted, advocates of a strong national government have distorted the meaning of its words to oppress Americans. In Episode 63, we examine how the debate over words in the Constitution is harming the liberty of Americans today.
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For the first time since it decided Roe v Wade, the United States Supreme Court has a case before it that could allow states to make the killing of babies illegal. On Episode 62 of the Liberty Cafe, we take a look at what both sides are saying and whether the justices will side with life or death.
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Texas regulators are spending billions of consumer dollars on the Texas grid in response to the blackout last winter. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss why this fear-driven spending is doing next to nothing to address the problems (renewable subsidies and intervention in markets) that led to the blackout.
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Christians today are being forced to bake cakes for gay weddings, hire “transgendered” workers, and get injected with vaccines. On Episode 60, we examine the roots of these mandates in civil rights law and discuss what the Bible and the U.S. Constitution have to say about whether discrimination should be legal.
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We are often told that we cannot bring God and His Law into the making of public policy. On Episode 59 of the Liberty Cafe, Texas State Rep. Matt Schaefer helps us understand that the only good public policy is one that is biblically informed. And walks us through how constitutional carry became law in Texas.
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Corrupt doesn’t necessarily mean illegal. On Episode 58 of the Liberty Café, we examine how the power of leadership can lead to a corruption that places the interests of the leaders above the liberty of their constituents–the people they are supposed to protect.
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Corruption comes in multiple forms, many of them perfectly legal. This week on Episode 57 of the Liberty Café, we take advantage of the announced departures of many long-time members of the Texas Legislature to examine if years of exposure to institutional corruption has lessened their commitment to liberty.
Augustine was skeptical of the government’s ability to function without corruption because of the sinful nature of man. In Episode 56 of the Liberty Café–as Part 1 of a three part series, we trace the theory and theology of government corruption all the way up to today’s Texas House of Representatives.
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God’s law is a blessing to the good and a terror to the wicked. However, in Episode 55 of the Liberty Café, we look at how men have corrupted our civil laws so that government can be used to take property from one group and so it can be given to another–something that would normally land the takers in jail but today is seen as completely legal.
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