This blog is generally about current policies or issues in the news or that are still current to a degree in the realm of political economy, politics, and economics. I have been reading a really interesting book by Jonathan Wight, entitled Ethics in Economics: An Introduction to Moral Frameworks (Stanford University Press, 2015). Wight addresses […]
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The Alt-Right: What is it and does it exist?
16 Nov 2016
The latest term to be coined by political pundits and liberals as well as conservatives of various stripes is “alt-right.” I have had a short back-and-forth conversation with some of my Bereans colleagues and read a few articles on this phenomenon. Well, guess what, I can’t find agreement on it. Is it a “real” phenomenon […]
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California Dreamin….of secession?
15 Nov 2016
Progressives are continuing their refusal to recognize reality, as protests continued yesterday in major cities. To be fair, both sides enjoy pointing out they hypocrisy of their opponent’s ideological views. Yet I can’t help but smile in sadness at the almost infantilization of our progressive youths today. It was just 8 days ago that we […]
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I have made some scattered comments in recent months in relation to this past election cycle and the candidates for president. I think I made it clear that neither was anywhere close to an ideal. Especially was this true for Christians looking honestly at each candidate. I am sure we can all point to severe […]
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What Do We Do?
09 Nov 2016
The historic election is over; President-elect Trump gave his acceptance speech just before 3 AM Eastern time this morning. Some United States citizens are elated over the prospect of Trump’s presidency and some are downcast at the collapse of our government. Many of us are somewhere in between. What do we do? The smoke has cleared. […]
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Open Borders / Open Immigration
26 Oct 2016
I am in favor of open immigration. I believe an open immigration policy is consistent with free markets and the Christian worldview. I also believe the policy is consistent the political philosophy which gave birth to the United States of America. Over the past several years, I have posted my rationale for my support of open […]
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Donald Trump – Poster Child
19 Oct 2016
All people are created in the image of God. Some people are granted the grace to believe. Most of our connection to and interaction with one another is because of our basic humanity – defined and formed by the image of God. Most of Christian’s relationships with people who are not believers is grounded in […]
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The Real Battle
11 Oct 2016
The revelation about Donald Trump’s vulgar and pretty ugly statements about women has certainly generated heated discussion. I am not here to either defend his statements or to persuade anyone to vote for him. I will merely state the obvious: Christian voters find themselves in quite a quandary. On the one hand, I am convinced […]
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The Limits of Politics and Virtue
04 Oct 2016
Both my Bereans colleagues and the many commenters have hit upon a fundamental tension that runs beneath all the talk about whom to vote for this election. Though they might not have realized it they have been raising the very old and very crucial question of whether a nation needs virtuous political leaders to survive […]
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?Voting Schmoting?
27 Sep 2016
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. – Adam Smith The Theory of Moral Sentiments I.I.1 Last week, four of […]
Bert Wheeler
Jeff Haymond
Marc Clauson
Mark Caleb Smith
Tom Mach