Whatever Happened to Justice
Here are some links that go along with our final weeks of class!
"Whatever Happened to Justice?" shows what's gone wrong with America's legal system and economy and how to fix it. It also contains lots of helpful hints for improving family relationships and for making families and classrooms run more smoothly. Discusses the difference between higher law and man-made law, and the connection between rational law and economic prosperity. "Whatever Happened to Justice?" introduces the Two Laws:
1) Do all you have agreed to do, and
2) Do not encroach on other persons or their property.
Why Are Governments So Stupid?
Sep 21, 2009
In this video, Richard Maybury explains why governments seem to be so incompetent compared to the private sector.
What We Believe, Part 4: Natural Law by Bill Whittle
Oct 29, 2010
What makes some laws worth obeying, while others demand to be overturned? In Part 4, Bill examines the difference between Natural Law and Political Law.
What We Believe, Part 5: Gun Rights by Bill Whittle
Nov 4, 2010
In Part 5 of the What We Believe series, Bill examines to role of gun ownership as a bulwark against the power of the Big State, and deals with some of the logical problems of the gun control movement.
What We Believe, Part 6: Immigration by Bill Whittle
Nov 8, 2010In Part 6 of What We Believe, Bill looks at the critical distinction between legal and Illegal immigration, and how apologists for illegal immigration end up hurting the legal immigrants that have always been the backbone of America.
Dec 3, 2024 - Academy of Ideas ​
“For it was a witty and a truthful rejoinder which was given by a captured pirate to Alexander the Great. The king asked the fellow, “What is your idea, in infesting the sea?” And the pirate answered, with uninhibited insolence, “The same as yours, in infesting the earth! But because I do it with a tiny craft, I’m called a pirate: because you have a mighty navy, you’re called an emperor.”  
St. Augustine, City of God
“Acts that would be considered unjust or morally unacceptable when performed by nongovernmental agents will often be considered perfectly all right, even praiseworthy, when performed by government agents. Why do we accord this special moral status to governments, and are we justified in so doing? This is the problem of political authority.”  
Michael Huemer, The Problem of Political Authority
STATUS QUO BIAS - One cognitive bias that promotes belief in the legitimacy of political authority is the status quo bias. This bias, rooted in our preference for stability and fear of change, leads us to favour the established practices, norms, and customs of our society and to view them as moral, right, and good.
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME - Stockholm Syndrome can also account for the widespread belief in the legitimacy of political authority. In 1973 a Swedish convict out on parole named Jan-Erik Olsson attempted to rob a bank in Stockholm and in the process held four bank employees hostage. The hostages were held for six days, but a strange thing occurred after they were released. None of them would testify against Olsson, instead they raised money for his defense. During their captivity these hostages developed warm emotional ties to their captor and so the term Stockholm Syndrome is now used to refer to the psychological phenomenon whereby individuals under the control of a powerful person, or group, develop positive feelings toward them, behave in ways that are pleasing to them, and sometimes goes as far as to defend their actions. ​
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE - A third psychological mechanism which promotes belief in the legitimacy of political authority is cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the uncomfortable psychological state that arises when two or more beliefs, values, or behaviours clash with each other. 
Sep 20, 2009
Richard Mayburys books and newsletter are endorsed by Congressmen Ron Paul and by the late Harry Browne.
This speech was given by Richard Maybury at the Wealth Protection Conference on May 2, 2009. In the speech, Maybury explains three things that the government and mainstream press seem not to understand. These are:
1) The economy is not a machine, it's an ecology made of unimaginably complex biological organisms, meaning people.
2) Models. There is no single economic model, like there is in Newtonian physics. Obama probably does not realize his advisors are giving him conflicting advice because they have different models.
3) Velocity. The speed at which money changes hands is dependent on emotions.

Does Romans 13 Say We Have to Obey the Government?
Sep 11, 2023 Educational Videos
​If there is one biblical passage American Christians know to use when it comes to politics, it's Romans 13. It's been used in countless political debates and has been cited to justify anything from immigration policy at the border to condemning the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Kaitlyn Schiess takes us all the way back to the Revolutionary War to show us the history of how Americans have interpreted this chapter and what that history can teach us today.
Why we can't focus - Amusing Ourselves to Death
Dec 3, 2024
​Our attention spans are declining, and the problem is getting worse. Why is this happening, and what can we do about it?
The World According to Neil Postman
Amusing Ourselves to Death: How We've Self-Inflicted Tyranny
May 22, 2021 - A video essay on the books of Neil Postman.
"The question is, who benefits? Who benefits from us being numb, addicted to technology, passive to the world's problems, and innately selfish and individualistic?"  Anyone who wants to control the masses benefits.  The Oligarchs who seek power and control benefit.
Jul 31, 2013 - Colson Center
The Rapture is NOT in the Bible
Bad Theology: Israel, the "Rapture," and the End Times
Jan 25, 2024 Educational Videos
Everyone knows the rapture is in the Bible. Or, is it? Despite it being popularized and commercialized by Christian books, movies and even Hollywood, Skye Jethani makes the case that the Rapture is not actually in the Bible - no, not even in Revelation! He looks at the passages often used to support the Rapture, Matthew 24 and 1 Thessalonians 4, and unpacks what they actually reveal about Christ’s return and why it's time for the Rapture to be left behind.
Nov 3, 2023 - Tom Woods
​Millions of American Christians have come to believe in a heterodox theology according to which the physical return of the Jewish people to their ancestral lands is necessary to bring about the return of Christ and the end of the world. Furthermore, during the tribulation that will ensue, believers in this theology will be "raptured" into heaven and spared the unspeakable terrors that will then afflict the human race. This theological opinion would have been news to Augustine and St. Thomas, not to mention Martin Luther and the Protestant movement. Brent McGuire, senior pastor at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dallas, sets the record straight.