First let me say that I am saddened by the Amtrak tragedy in Pennsylvania recently. Second, I admit I love trains—riding in them and watching them. So I am not longing for railroads to disappear. What I am disturbed about is the immediate use of this accident by Democrats (and I am sure a few […]
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Running Off the Rails
14 May 2015
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Another Historical Distortion, by Bill Maher
09 Feb 2015
Bill Maher tells authoritatively that capitalism did not produce a middle class. It was actually worse than that. I quote extensively from his statements on “Real Time” on HBO because you have to read it to believe someone said it: “so what’s happening is, the Democrats are proposing to nibble around the edges of our […]
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SOTU and Inequality (Once Again)
27 Jan 2015
In light of the State of the Union Address by President Obama, I am compelled once again (as if I were a “broken record”) to address the President’s proposals to raise taxes on “the rich” in order to reduce inequality and provide new services to those with lower incomes. Perhaps there are some new readers […]
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While the Ferguson, Missouri riots take center stage in the news, other events are occurring too, and important ones. For one thing, Thanksgiving is nearly here and Christians everywhere in America should take time to give thanks to God for who He is and for the abundant grace He has granted to each of us […]
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Big Jets, Envy and Christian Responses
17 Nov 2014
It looks like the media are again raising the specter of inequality. The New York Times, whom no one would confuse with a conservative newspaper, in a November 15, 2014 article, now seems to be lamenting the fact that some “super rich” people are purchasing bigger private jets, “leaving behind” the mere wealthy. I didn’t […]
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Now this is obvious pandering to the hard left of the Democratic Party–surely Mrs. Clinton knows better, doesn’t she? Hillary says that businesses don’t create jobs, and worse yet, this is somehow a version of “trickle down” economics that’s been tried again and again and failed. Oh, where to begin–as one of my colleagues at […]
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It’s a Whopper of a tax bill!
26 Aug 2014
Breaking financial news today is Warren Buffett’s financing of Burger King’s buyout of the Tim Horton restaurant chain. As part of this transaction, Burger King will move its corporate HQ to Canada, known as a Tax Inversion. Tax Inversions are increasingly popular with U.S. based companies, while being increasingly unpopular with U.S. politicians, since the […]
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The “Cronies” versus the “Smithians”
14 Aug 2014
Cronyism and Sports Sometimes I feel as if I am just trying to “stir the pot” as it were and make my sports-loving friends angry. So let me say before I continue that I love sports of many kinds—college football and basketball, cross country, track, bicycling, and a few others to a lesser extent. But […]
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Libertarianism: Is It Viable?
27 Jun 2014
I just finished reading the classic book by Jan Narveson, The Libertarian Idea, published in 1986. Now this book was no walk in the park. Narveson is a philosopher (and a pretty good one at that) and he writes in that very logical style–which I think we need more of at times. But whether you […]
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Piketty’s Predicament
24 Jun 2014
For those who don’t want to read the book, there is nice article by Jonah Goldberg in the June 24, 2014 issue of National Review Online. If you just woke up from a long, long nap or just returned form an isolated vactaion spot, you will remember that in April of this year, the book […]
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