The Liberty Café

Pornography in public school libraries and school choice are both hot topics in Texas at the moment. On this week’s Liberty Café, we take a look at the problems of expanding Texas’ public education system by using vouchers to fund education at private schools.

Human rights today are often equated with what government gives some people by taking away from others. On today’s episode, we examine how our God-given, unalienable rights can only truly be expressed through our actions and interactions with others in free markets.

The return of the prodigal son Even a brief survey of the world around us makes it obvious that our culture is falling apart. This week, we take a look at some of the problems we are facing and how our hope for the redemption of our culture can only be found in God’s Word.

Texans are paying billions more for electricity than needed. On Episode 74 of the Liberty Cafe, we take a look at how faulty economics and greed have led to this and to the decline of Texas’ once world-class electricity market.

Texas politicians and regulators have used mainstream economic theories–and self-interest–to run the Texas electricity market into the ground, at the cost of billions to Texas consumers. In Part 1 of this three-part series, we take a look at the bad economics behind what Texas regulators are trying to do to the market in the wake of Winter Storm Uri.

Disney’s recent assault on common sense and decency regarding Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation is yet another example of Big Business bedding down with proponents of Big Government. Join us on this week’s Liberty Cafe as we discuss whatever happened to limited government.

Another case involving a pipeline company abusing Texas law and property rights was just argued before the Texas Supreme Court. In Episode 71 of the Liberty Café, we take a look at this and a few other cases to help us ascertain the state of property rights in Texas.

After last week’s primaries, four new Republicans will be heading to the Texas Senate in 2023. On Episode 70 of the Liberty Café, we take a look at how conservative the new Senate might be compared to others from the recent past.

The ability of society to increase wealth is under attack today. On Episode 69 of the Liberty Café, we take a look at where wealth comes from and how we can forge a more prosperous society.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said the newly created Liberty Institute will help eliminate CRT at the University of Texas. That raises the question: will a government-funded, government-run think tank help protect us from government?

Renewable energy is increasing electricity’s cost while decreasing its reliability across the globe, including Texas. On Episode 67 of the Liberty Cafe, we talk with energy analyst and Fox News contributor Chuck DeVore about just how bad things might get-and how people might react.

One rationale for government oppression today is that people in government can do most things better than the rest of us can. On Episode 66 of the Liberty Café, we discuss how individuals exercising our inalienable rights in markets is not only the best path to liberty but also the most effective and humane path to prosperity.

The freezing weather is back! And so is government/corporate cronyism (actually, it never left). On Episode 65, we take a look at why Texas has not done what is needed to ensure a reliable, affordable supply of electricity for Texans.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our Triune God laid down the first law–“of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat”–to Adam and Eve to protect them from idolatry. On Episode 54 of the Liberty Café, we’ll examine how God’s law has brought liberty even to disobedient man and how that has manifested itself throughout history.

Illegal immigration across the Texas border has exploded since the inception of the Biden Administration. On Episode 53 of the Liberty Café, national security and immigration expert Todd Bensman explains how the queue at the Texas border starts as far away as South America and what can be done to stop the chaos.

George W. Bush’s recent decision to raise money for Liz Cheney highlights how far too many Republicans still don’t understand we are in a fight for liberty. On Episode 52 of the Liberty Café, we take a look at the high cost of this battle in terms of money and freedom–particularly when it comes to the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill.