I had the privilege of attending the inauguration in Washington, DC of Russell D. Moore as the new president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The service (and it was a worship service more than merely an inauguration) at the historic Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Speakers included a former […]
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Christianity, Culture and Russell Moore
10 Sep 2013
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Visualizing The Left’s Struggle With Syria
09 Sep 2013
Courtesy of Todd Adams via Twitter, here is the inherent problem the progressive left has with President Obama’s Syria policy: h/t Jim Geraghty at NRO.
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Random Thoughts
07 Sep 2013
Actually I have two topics, one more important and the other just an illustration of how bureaucractic organizations can become pathological or dysfunctional. So let’s begin with Syria. My colleague Mark Smith enumerated well the various issues and positions on the question of whether we should use force against Assad’s ruling regime. It is indeed […]
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A very interesting and a very telling bit of research from Sentier Research was released two weeks ago. Sentier analyzes data from the Current Population Survey to estimate trends in median household income. Yesterday, Steven Moore at the Wall Street Journal, published an op-ed piece based on Sentier’s analysis: Obama’s Economy Hits His Voters Hardest. During […]
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Syria: No Good Options
04 Sep 2013
Syria is a mess. I am not pretending to be expert on this, so let’s be clear about expectations. I am not speaking from authority, but just as an interested observer. The United States seems to have few options, and none are good. As of now, the debate surrounds our decision to use military force […]
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Ronald Coase-RIP
04 Sep 2013
It is a sad but joyous day to report the passing of another economic giant. Ronald Coase was a seminal figure in economics, a Nobel Laureate who truly changed the way all of us think about the world. It is sad with the loss of any great figure, and yet Professor Coase was not quite […]