First, I am a Colts fan. I grew up in Indianapolis and generally despise the Patriots, not because they are successful, but because their success has so often come at the Colts’ expense. More than any other team, New England has stood in the way of the Colts winning more Super Bowls. Second, the Patriots […]

In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned against the noxious impact political parties might have on our government. Though he would have preferred a government without them, he recognized that the spirit of partisanship is “inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.” History has proven him correct. […]

House Republicans Pass Watered Down Abortion Bill Political parties, for those who fall in love with them, will always jilt you in the end. The Republicans have leaned on the right to life community for years, and though the party has maintained its fidelity on the issue, it has not delivered much in the way […]

I hate to be such a broken record on the subject of why deflation isn’t necessarily bad, such as this post from a few weeks back.  But I do it because this very wrong-headed fear leads to utter disaster.  For example, a big reason for Mr. Bernanke and Mr. Greenspan pushing the U.S. to negative […]

CNN to Launch Political Game Show? According to sources, CNN is preparing a possible Jeopardy-styled game show to air on the cable network. Contestants would be quizzed on presidential politics and Anderson Cooper is slated to host. I just have to say this. If a cable news channel (take your pick as to which one–CNN, […]

The State of the Union President Obama’s State of the Union address was typical in many ways. The speech has devolved into a fairly limp laundry list of presidential hopes and dreams. Never missing an opportunity to score political points, both parties either stand or sit, depending on their affiliations. It is theater more than […]

It is probably not wise to write a blog on the evening of the State of the Union address–before listening to the address–but it isn’t the most foolish thing I have done in life.  Scripture has a number of warnings about being foolish, and I am hoping that Americans take heed.  President Obama unveiled a […]

Certainties in Life: State of the Union Addresses & Taxes President Obama delivers his sixth State of the Union Address this evening. The Constitution requires the President to present to Congress, from time to time, a message on the State of the Union. This has degenerated, like most things in American politics, into a media […]

The National Labor Relation Board recently made a judicial ruling (yes, it is an administrative agency, but agencies do act like courts frequently) concerning the rights of faculty at private colleges and universities to unionize.  The actual decision is somewhat complicated and I have not yet read it in full, but the upshot of it […]

US Supreme Court to Settle Gay Marriage Bans at State Level The United States Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would hear a challenge of the Sixth Circuit’s recent decision that upheld gay marriage bans in Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, and Kentucky. In 2013, the Court decided that federal laws that defined marriage as between […]