Later this afternoon, we’ll have the first rate cut (likely by the time you read this). If the Fed doesn’t do it, expect significant market reaction and an explosion from Mr. Trump. You can make a case either way, cutting or hiking. There is global weakness leading to increased monetary ease abroad. If we don’t […]
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The Fed’s “sure thing” interest rate cut?!
31 Jul 2019
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Wow is it a good thing that life goes on, barbecues are happening, vacations are refreshing, and many of your Bereans are enjoying some time away from everything political. But like a bad penny that keeps showing up, our escape is cut short when we foolishly look at any news media source and see bad […]
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Can’t we all get along? Part V
15 May 2019
When I was younger, one of the popular songs was “We just Disagree” by Dave Mason. The refrain was, “there ain’t no good guy, there ain’t no bad guy, there’s only you and me and we just disagree.” In our current cultural moment, many want to dial down the rhetoric by having us effectively sing […]
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Can’t we all get along, part IV
03 May 2019
Life with people is always a bit weird; we’re often selfish, crotchety, moody and ungrateful. Yet we’re also sometimes kind and giving and thoughtful and even fun. Aah…the people we get to do life with. Sometimes we think about some of our family and friends, when they’ve done something particularly crazy, and ask “what were […]
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Can’t we all get along. An excursion.
02 May 2019
Sorry for a short detour, but Ben made a comment in our previous thread that is worthy of a standalone response in this series. Basically he is concerned that the tone of our contesting of truth is not loving at all, and makes those on the other side feel that they are enemies. As Ben […]
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Can’t we all get along. Part Three
30 Apr 2019
I was recently reading about a Christian in another country, who was in trouble with the authorities because of his pretty much “Thus-sayeth-the-Lord” condemnation of a political authority for that leader’s illicit sexual ethic. This obviously begs the question, was that a wise way to try to be a positive influence in culture? Further, was […]
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Can we all get along? Part Two.
27 Apr 2019
This is an elaboration of my eight points from the previous post. But the broader purpose of this short series is to identify why I think we should not seek solace that there is some middle ground that reasonable people are ultimately going to arrive at. I believe that there is a broader underlying spiritual […]
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Can we all get along?
23 Apr 2019
So said Rodney King after the carnage of the race-related LA Riots in 1992 after the acquittal of police officers that had brutally handled his arrest. Scenes of a white trucker being pulled from his truck to be even more brutally beaten by angry young black men repulsed the world. Surely this reaction was even […]
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More on Socialism and Democrats
18 Apr 2019
Tuesday night during my introduction at our Freedom to Flourish event, The Christian Imperative for Entrepreneurship, I pointed out why defense of free markets is still such a relevant task today. I suggested that given one of our major political parties is having an identity crisis over whether it should support socialism makes this a great issue to think about. […]
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The Democratic Party: Let’s take ’em down!?
05 Apr 2019
Over in the WSJ this morning, Peggy Noonan encourages Joe Biden not to run, as the new Democrats will try to destroy him. I think she is mostly spot on, but it’s this diagnosis of the new Democrats that is worth discussing. A few years ago, Dr. White asked us Bereans if a Christian could […]
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