Evil and God: Reflections of a Former Atheist
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
In my early twenties, before my conversion to Christianity in 1976, I did not believe that our world offered entirely convincing...
Capitalist technology sustained the failed economic experiment of Soviet Communism
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
Despite the central role played by State controlled central banks and financial institutions in bringing about the conditions which led to...
The Communist Holocaust and Its Lessons for the 21st Century
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
For at least half a century, nearly every secondary school pupil and university student in Britain has learnt about the evils...
Politically incorrect truths about colonialism and the Third World
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
At a time when left-wing ‘anti-racist’ activists are seeking to remove statues of Cecil Rhodes and other historical figures associated with...
From atheism to Christianity: a personal journey
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
Do you find it difficult to believe in God or accept the claims of Christianity? I did, when I was an...
Patriotism And Freedom: A Libertarian Defence of National Sovereignty
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
Editor's Note: The following essay previously appeared in our predecessor publication "The Moral Liberal" on August 8, 2016. With the formal...
Christianity and Freedom: A Personal View
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
For decades, many observers of the contemporary cultural scene have been rightly concerned about the growing evidence that materially advanced Western...
Freedom and community: a Conservative perspective
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
Living as we do in the age of the Internet and 24/7 radio and television, our lives and perspectives are now...
Revolutionary socialism and sexual politics
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
‘Social liberalism’ has become the universally accepted label applied to all those in the western democracies who support the Left’s political...
Patriotism and Freedom
A libertarian defence of national sovereignty
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
Three quarters of a century ago, when Britain was fighting for her life and the freedom...
In Defence of Israel: Key Facts About the Arab-Israeli Conflict
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
The Jews’ unbroken connection with the land of Israel
Contrary to what many people believe, the Jews did not return to Palestine...
GOD AND LIBERTY: A libertarian challenge to secular liberalism
BY PHILIP VANDER ELST
When Benjamin Franklin introduced his grandson to Voltaire shortly before the latter’s death in 1778, that great opponent of the Catholic...
Socialism’s Prescient Critics
Philip Vander Elst, The Freeman
There is a good case to be made that the birth and spread of totalitarian socialism defines the twentieth century...