I wanted to address the “Jobs for Jihadists” ruckus from the past few days in a bit more detail.  The reader may remember I mentioned this in my post of earlier on President Obama’s terrorism summit.  Obama and spokespeople had suggested that one major solution to the terrorist problem was the economic situation in Islamic […]

I listened to part of President Obama’s closing speech at the “Anti-extremism Summit” today.  And I have read what his associates have said about terrorism, particularly in the context of the ISIS threat.  I have reached a conclusion about the president, after hearing and reading his words.  But first, what did he say today (February […]

I am always giddy when war films are announced and open. Perhaps that emotion is not the most suitable one for a genre that wrenchingly reveals the best and worst of human nature, but I am what I am. War films have evolved dramatically since John Wayne was single-handedly defeating the Japanese in Flying Tigers and […]

Brian Williams’s leave of absence due to concerns about his truthfulness is just the highest profile of a long line of individuals who have stretched the truth.  It is interesting to me that the truth matters so much to Americans in a news anchor, but so little in our political leaders.  Politicfact.com has four pages […]

On February 14 my Berean colleague Mark Clauson posted comments on the FCC’s proposed “net neutrality” regulations. I would like to argue in favor of the FCC’s proposal. While the full proposal will be released on February 26, the date of the committee vote, the nuts and bolts of the proposal have already been made […]

So much of our lives is amazingly better, and getting better at an increasing rate.  Peter Diamond makes this case in his new book, Abundance, and I have to agree with him.  The progress we’ve made in quality of life during my lifetime is phenomenal.  As I mentioned to one class today, I grew up […]

Scott Walker (R-WI) must be the front-runner for the GOP’s presidential nomination. Why? He is earning significant scrutiny from mainstream media outlets, primarily over two issues, which are related–his lack of a college degree and his views on evolution. While we need a president with brainpower, smart presidents are not always good presidents. What we […]

Trying to avoid the national debt getting bigger?  That would be the real problem.  As usual, Keynesians aver that debt isn’t a problem, because we owe it to ourselves. Globally, and for the most part even within countries, a rise in debt isn’t an indication that we’re living beyond our means, because as Fatas puts […]

It looks like the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) is up to its tricks again, trying for the third time to regulate pretty much every aspect of the internet like an old-style telephone company.  Tom Wheeler, the FCC chairman, announced a 322 page set of new rules, but will not release it to the public.  Yes […]

As homosexual marriage winds its way through the judicial system, President Barack Obama is likely to go down in history as a champion of gay rights, as the first president to endorse gay marriage. In reality, Obama’s position on gay marriage was cynical and calculated to maximize political results. Obama, famously, came out in favor […]