As we agreed the Bereans have been letting our readers know whom we would (probably) be voting for this presidential election, and our reasons. Our opinions certainly won’t sway the election outcome, but hope we can stimulate some helpful thinking. This for me is a somewhat tentative exercise, as there is still time before the […]
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Happy Birthday US Constitution
17 Sep 2016
It is Constitution Day once again, but because it fell on Saturday this year, I haven’t seen as much publicity. That does not mean that we ought to overlook it. It has now been 229 years since the new United States met to overhaul its first constitution (the Articles of Confederation) and ended up proposing […]
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Miscellaneous Interesting (and Weird) News
13 Sep 2016
There are all sorts of interesting and disturbing issues and events out there in the news these days, some obscure and others more obvious and with greater implications. Below I simply want to list a few I have been reading about in recent days, and then later perhaps write some longer blogs on some of […]
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It has been pointed out by historians and journalists that political campaigns have always been a little bit or a lot vicious, with a good deal of “over the top” rhetoric. Witness the Adams-Jefferson campaign of 1800. It was pretty overheated on both sides. But I see something different at work now among liberals, or, […]
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Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016)
06 Sep 2016
Phyllis Schlafly, a social conservative icon, died yesterday at the age of 92. For decades she had been the head of the Eagle Forum, after an early career in helping move the voters of California in the direction of conservatism and preparing the state for Ronald Reagan. Though not a native or resident, Schlafly was […]
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Power and Its Expressions
06 Sep 2016
We have been here in Washington, DC for about two weeks now and after two prior stays, one in 2013 and another in 1964 (!), I have a few observations about just how big, powerful and even “Messianic” government has become at the federal level, based on what I have seen physically in terms of […]
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Who Really Benefits from Internet Sales Taxes?
28 Aug 2016
So it seems Bob Goodlatte, a Republican House member from Virginia has introduced for circulation among his Judiciary Committee colleagues a framework proposal for taxing internet sales transactions, something “brick and mortar” stores have wanted for some time. Goodlatte’s aide says the plan is simple and fair. As an article on the plan states, “Internet […]
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The Obamacare Slow Leak
22 Aug 2016
Maybe you have read some articles in the past weeks about insurance providers leaving the Obamacare market in some states (I just read another one today). Well, it likely will get worse. Here is what is happening. First we need to understand how Obamacare works. The entire scheme was predicated on the ability to tax […]
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In a blog a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I was writing a book on the topic of worldview. I posted the first chapter and asked for feedback. I appreciate the comments I received, and the spirit in which they were made. I have also edited the chapter I posted then, both before I […]
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The Great Enrichment and Inequality
12 Aug 2016
I have been reading the third in a trilogy of books by Deidre McCloskey on economic history and economic thought, but each one having a powerful point of application for our economy and our well-being today. The trilogy is massive, running to about 2,000 pages in three volumes. This third volume is Bourgeois Equality (University […]
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