Today, the United States Supreme Court handed down a significant religious liberty decision. In Health and Human Services v. Hobby Lobby, the Court sided with Hobby Lobby, ruling, in essence, that the federal government cannot force closely held corporations to provide health plans that include contraceptives that might induce abortions. These health plans are required, […]

I put crisis in quotes just because I’m unsure what constitutes a crisis anymore–certainly politicians try to whip support for whatever is their latest pet issue by declaring it a crisis.  But on to the post.  I just returned from a short term mission trip in Honduras Saturday night, and am really glad to be […]

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 […]

My Berean colleague Mark Smith wrote a very nice blog on the two cases decided by the United States Supreme Court yesterday.  I commend it to you. But we were really hoping, I think, to hear from  the Court on the Hobby Lobby case.  You remember it. The Affordable Care Act (now in effect four years) […]

Yesterday (June 26) the White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest (we could only wish) said, regarding immigration, “We’re not just going to sit around interminably for Congress.”  He went on to say that the Obama administration was growing impatient with Congress.  Well, this isn’t exactly earth-shattering news.  We have known for say, seven years, that […]

President Barack Obama seems intent on pushing the boundaries of executive power. The Supreme Court, at least for today, has said ‘enough.’ Two cases handed down on Thursday highlight the breach between the Court and the President. In NLRB v. Canning, the issue seems rather abstract.  The President appoints a host of people, but many […]

The economy shrank by 2.9% so far this year, it was announced today.  Recession, what recession?  We were told by the economists that it was over long ago.  So go on with whatever you were doing (or if you were unemployed, with what you aren’t doing) and don’t worry.

Congress hasn’t passed all that much legislation in some time, or at least not anything much of significance.  That may be a good thing.  But in this blog I want to take a look at a very disturbing trend in the legislation that has passed.  Below I have listed some of the most important bills […]

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 […]

It may appear to be a slow summer, but if you look more closely you will see that the same issues continue to percolate–the IRS scandal, the immigration influx, Benghazi, Obamacare (especially now, as we are one day away from a Supreme Court decision on the mandate and religious freedom), the VA scandal, proposed regulations […]