It’s easy to get into the almost clinical dissection of various policies and which political party has better values. Partisans of both political parties have attacks on the morality of the other side, as this week’s Republican convention does what the Democrats did earlier. Yet some data help clarify moral questions. For me it’s the […]

“It’s what you know that ain’t so.” Much misinformation was to be expected at the beginning of the pandemic, because we simply did not know. But now there is quite a bit of data available that ought to be informing our public response. Yet we have systematically wrong understanding of the problem, in large part […]

I’ve written here and here and here that free markets are most in alignment with God’s plan in a fallen world, and I argue that true private property rights (e.g., the right to not only use but exchange or sell the right to property) leads to the emergence of markets naturally, as we have differing […]

I am not so far removed from my college days as to not feel the twinge of nostalgia when the school year springs forth upon the scene. Not too long ago, I was but a humble senior presenting my research to a group of individuals, far better than myself, minds sharp with the critical thinking […]

Former President Barack Obama used his platform at the Democratic National Convention to assail sitting Republican President Donald Trump as a threat to “our democracy.” Trump responded, IN ALL CAPS, via Twitter. If you like history hot and in your face, like a pizza straight out of the oven, 2020 always delivers. Last night was […]

Standard financial analysis suggests the value of any stock is equal to the present discounted value of its future earnings. Thus an increase in the price of any stock is due to either an increase in expected future earnings, or a reduction in expected future interest rates, or some combination thereof. With today’s close at […]

In my last blog post, Caleb defended California against my critique, as he’s proud to be a Californian. Now perhaps I was too harsh, as CA has a lot going for it. But I still struggle to see the positive aspects of its progressive legal vision. Today, in advance of starting school tomorrow, I took […]

Millennials love their Uber, and the sharing/gig economy has been a bright spot for innovative approaches to make cab riding a thing of the past. What’s not to like? Drivers seem to be happy, in that they voluntary agree to work for Uber. Their customers seem to be happy, as they continue migrating away from […]

Pity the history teachers of the future who must deal with the calamities of 2020. But the year’s politics may not be defined by a pandemic or the potential end of a shambling presidency; instead, the United States Senate is leaping toward the gaping maw of democracy, and our government may never recover. Former President […]

The works of Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) are the most challenging and rewarding of any philosophical studies I’ve ever confronted. For those of you wondering why Voegelin wasn’t profiled in my short-lived first run at a Weekly Sage column, my answer would be that his contributions to thought and literature earned much more than a single […]