An Inside Higher Ed piece by Paul Fain (“Free Community College: It Works,” Feb. 5, 2015) argues that providing free education at community colleges works because, get this it leads to “increased degree production.”  Well there is a brilliant study, stating the obvious, but not really getting the point that when something is “free” the […]

The main reason I am so disbelieving of the efficacy of regulatory reforms (some would say cynical) is that I don’t believe that Washington politicians are completely incompetent.  I believe that much of the results that occur are desired, at least by somebody. When the progressives took power in 2009, they were very clearly going […]

I appreciate Marc Clauson’s take on P.M. Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. Let me add just a couple of quick notes. Netanyahu reminded me of Churchill, which makes Obama too much like Chamberlain. Winston Churchill, as a Member of Parliament before World War 2, thundered in the House of Commons about Hitler’s intentions. He warned the […]

I hope many of your were able to listen to Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech today before a joint meeting of Congress.  I also hope my Berean colleagues will weigh in with their comments on the speech and the context for it.  As you may know, Prime Minister Netanyahu was invited by Speaker of the House of […]

It seems like a good time to move from discussions about Islam to Global Warming or, to accept the new view, Global Climate Change (GCC).  Believe it or not, this topic has a Christian dimension, even though it might not be immediately evident.  We will get to that in due time.  To begin, let’s review […]

Earlier in the week I asked what the Keystone pipeline decision says about Mr. Obama.  I now want to offer my answer to the question I raised:  the basic problem we have with Mr. Obama’s leadership is we have the first ideologue president.  I have written on this before, so it might be useful to […]

“They said to him, ‘Then say Shibboleth,’ and he said, ‘Sibboleth,’ for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan.” (Judges 12:6) Recently, Wisconsin Governor and GOP presidential contender Scott Walker was in London where the following exchange occurred during a question/answer session after […]

It has been reported that the Department of Homeland Security issued a paper urging its employees to be on the look-out for “right-wing extremists (Washington Times, February 21, 2015).  CNN, which originally mentioned the report, quoted an administration official: “’I don’t think it’s fair to say the (White House) conference didn’t address this at all,” […]

We’ve discussed the Keystone Pipeline before, and today’s veto really doesn’t bring anything new to light.  We still have an administration that has been reviewing this proposal for over 6 years, and a congress that considers this essential for creating jobs and signaling a positive climate for business.  Environmentalists have made clear to the Democratic […]

Rudy Giuliani, Darrell Issa, and too many other Republicans have spent the last few days spouting about the degree to which President Obama may or may not love his country. Not only is this a waste of time, it is hypocritical and it misses the point. President Obama’s ideology is inherently critical of America. As […]