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Libertarians and Catholicism

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Matthew Olson — 8 Comments

I have argued before that, in their fullest, libertarianism and Catholicism are incompatible — but to what degree are they so? Leaders of the libertarian movement have certainly said silly, anti-Catholic things. Ludwig von Mises, for example, compared Christ to…

Why Everyone Should Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Matthew Olson — 3 Comments

The arguments in favor of same-sex civil marriage are well known. Thrown into the ring are the buzzwords of “equality” and “discrimination”. So the typical argument goes: Discrimination is bad, and equality is good, so our government should give homosexual…

The Libertarian Heresy

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Matthew Olson — 2 Comments

In this show, I explain why libertarianism, while notable for setting out to shrink bloated government and return things to their simplest level (subsidiarity), can be difficult to fit into the paradigm of Catholic social teaching. I offer clear examples of…