To say that Bereans are out of step with the times, and that we are, so to speak, “on the wrong side of history,” is axiomatic.  We are not reflexively conservative, but we do begin with the premise that not everything that has gone on before is systematically wrong or evil.  Indeed, we tend to […]

My house is chock-full of books—both my husband and I are bibliophiles, and our favorite joint adventure is a book sale.  Before having our first child, I indiscriminately crammed children’s books into bags at local libraries’ semi-annual purgings.  Now that we have three children, I’m thankful to be pulling new-to-me books off our shelves to […]

In 2015 I penned a post on Proverbs 29:18, commonly quoted as “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Today I think it’s time to come back to that theme. In my original post, I argued that the common meaning from the KJV doesn’t capture the Bible’s intent, with the ESV (and NASB/NIV/NKJV) translation […]

The second of a three part series on faith with just a hint of economic insight added for seasoning. Well, those of you reading that subtitle up there would be well within your rights to ask, “Part 2? When in the heck did part 1 come out?” Too long ago, fair, merryweather pilgrim of the […]

On Thursday, Joe Biden gave a historic presidential address. Part peevish lecture and part decree, the speech tried to justify an executive action we will study for years to come. The President warned that “our patience is running thin” with unvaccinated Americans, and this theme dominated both his address and his looming actions. The President […]

From their classic textbook, Universal Economics: Not only are violations of ethics more likely to prevent successful market activities but they are arguably more powerful in the economic market than in the markets of political and social exchange. Ask whether a seller/supplier or a politician tends to make more reliable promises. Which will suffer most, […]

Readers should listen to (or read) yesterday’s The Daily Briefing by Al Mohler first, which chronicles Joe Biden’s twisting in the wind on the position of Abortion before engaging in my post. Ever since the fiasco in the Garden, humans have felt the weight of the curse. In Genesis 2, the man and his wife […]

In light of the devastation caused by hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and up the US East coast, I think now is a good time to discuss a government policy that impedes disaster relief. Most states have laws on the books to prevent price gouging. Typically, the laws target charging prices in gross […]

History doesn’t repeat, Mark Twain said, but it sometimes rhymes. Sometimes the rhymes are so compelling that they cry out for comment. President Biden’s speech on August 31, 2021, on the end of the war in Afghanistan was, for me, one of those times. It recalled to me a speech given on June 4, 1940, […]

Yesterday, a unique Texas law went into effect. The statute bans abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is generally around six weeks in a pregnancy. A smattering of heartbeat bills have made it through state legislatures, and they have mostly been struck down by federal courts. What makes the Texas law different is […]