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Laurence M. Vance

Laurence M. Vance, Ph.D., is the Director of the Francis Wayland Institute and an Adjunct Instructor in Accounting at Pensacola Junior College. He holds degrees in history, theology, accounting, and economics.

He is also a columnist and policy adviser for the Future of Freedom Foundation, and a frequent contributor to LewRockwell.com. His books include Gun Control and the Second Amendment, The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom, and War, Empire and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy, Free Trade or Protectionism? and The Free Society. Visit his website: www.vancepublications.com.

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Nothing should be nationalized

06/15/2026 Power & Market Laurence M. Vance

Democrats and Republicans have been arguing over the issue of election integrity ever since Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in the presidential election of 2020. A key feature of this debate is the...

Nanny State States

02/05/2026 Power & Market Laurence M. Vance

If there is one thing that shows that Americans live in a nanny state it is the maze of alcohol laws, rules, and regulations that exist in every state.

Conservatives Are Incorrigible Drug Warriors

01/20/2026 Power & Market Laurence M. Vance

Forget everything that conservatives say about individual liberty, personal freedom, property rights, the Constitution, federalism, capitalism, limited government, the free market, and free enterprise. They don’t mean a word of it because they are such incorrigible drug warriors.

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The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom

01/11/2016 Laurence M. Vance

Alcohol abuse and heavy tobacco use are two of the leading causes of death in the United States. It seems rather ludicrous to advocate the outlawing of drugs and not the outlawing of alcohol and tobacco. (p. 11) Vance writes from a viewpoint that

War, Christianity, and the State

01/11/2016 Laurence M. Vance

These seventy-six essays, organized under the headings of Christianity and War, Christianity and the Military, Christianity and the Warfare State, and Christianity and Torture, have one underlying theme: the relation of Christianity to war, the

War, Empire, and the Military

01/11/2016 Laurence M. Vance

With War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Police, Laurence Vance, a relentless critic of the state and its wars, has updated his already extensive writings on war and empire to include new material in this

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