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About Food for the Thinkers

My name is Doug Newman. I live in Aurora, Colorado, just outside Denver. Food for the Thinkers is mostly about the connection between Christianity and libertarianism. Most Christians do not understand libertarianism. And most libertarians do not understand Christianity. Hopefully, this blog helps clear up those misunderstanding. Check out my old page at www.thefot.us And remember: When you let people do whatever they want, you get Woodstock. But when you let governments do whatever they want, you get Auschwitz.

Los Papeles Por Favor (Or, the Dangers of Immigration Reform)

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

By Doug Newman Follow me on Facebook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is always easy to say that the government should “do something” and to ignore what it all means in the real world. Left-wingers have no monopoly on this tendency. A few … Continue reading →

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Rand Paul’s Filibuster: Don’t Get Too Excited

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

By Doug Newman Follow me on Facebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before you jump on the Rand 2016 bandwagon, you would do well to take a few minutes and read this short article. Rand Paul said many significant things in his 13-hour filibuster … Continue reading →

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The REAL Reason that Hemp Is Illegal

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

Hemp isn’t illegal because it “gets you stoned.”* It is illegal because it threatens so many industries – pharmaceuticals, cotton, paper, petroleum, concrete, lumber, food, clothing and numerous others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * And even though certain kinds of hemp goof up … Continue reading →

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I Have Lost Two Friends to Gun Violence – Email to All 35 Colorado Senators

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

By Doug Newman Follow me on Facebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ladies and Gentlemen of the Colorado Senate, As I cannot be at the Capitol to testify, I would like to tell you about two friends who died all too young as a … Continue reading →

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Incarceration Nation

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

Not long ago, I was talking at my neighborhood Starbucks with some guys in the prison construction business. They said business was good. I was reminded of this conversation when reading the following article. According to a study by the … Continue reading →

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It Is Always Easy

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

By Doug Newman Follow me on Facebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is always easy to cheerlead for your favorite government activity without considering what it means in the real world. It is always easy to say that “if you are doing nothing … Continue reading →

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Are You Sure You Want to Close the Borders?

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

By Doug Newman I originally wrote this on August 9, 2001. Follow me on Facebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “…always you are consistent and consider the boneheaded implications of feel good herd mentality quick fix solutions.” — JK in Colorado Such were the … Continue reading →

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The Patriot Act Is Not Patriotic

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

By Doug Newman Follow me on Facebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On September 11, 2001 a horrible crime was committed. On September 12, 2001 the American people became suspects. – Anonymous They were seemingly little things. I am not going to bore you … Continue reading →

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Real ID: Security from What, May I Ask?

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

By Doug Newman Follow me on Facebook Originally written on February 16, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ever since 9/11, millions of Americans have been more than willing to surrender their liberty in the name of “national security.” Security from what, may I … Continue reading →

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Should Christians Comply with Gun Confiscation?

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Food for the Thinkers

By Doug Newman Follow me on Facebook. Originally written on August 25, 2007. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim Z. writes: “If the government put down a law tomorrow that said we had to turn in all privately owned fire arms, as Christians, should … Continue reading →

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