Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com.   Well, I had planned on sharing another musical recommendation this week, but Dr. Smith has preempted me by a mile and half, barging […]

If at the end of my life I look back and lament work I did not finish, walls I did not paint, and hedges I did not trim, the number one explanation will surely be that I listened to too much music. I can live with that. I have no idea if this will become […]

Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com.   Yah, let’s do a music recommendation this week. Verklarte Nächt by Schoenberg. Fair warning, it may not be your cup ‘o tea, but […]

Hubris is defined by wikipedia as “a personality quality of extreme or foolish pride or dangerous overconfidence, often in combination with arrogance.” Most of the people I know have a bit of a problem with pride and arrogance, especially including the guy I see in the mirror. But most people try to keep that under […]

In honor of the start of the new school year, I propose an exam. Read the following article, and without searching online for other reviews (yes there is an honor code!), provide 2-5 short bullets for how you would critique this thinking. Ready, set, go…. Ok, since it’s been five days I’ll share the original […]

Mr. Trump is increasingly worried about the economy as he rolls into his 2020 reelection campaign, as he should be–it will likely determine his victory or defeat. To his political credit, he has so successfully enraged his Democratic opposition that they seem determined to be against anything he might say, and his very victory has […]

Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com.   Well, I don’t know about you, but I have had an exceptionally relaxing two weeks off from the mailbag, which I hope everyone […]

We are still a few months away from actual votes being cast, but the presidential campaign is taking shape. Much can change between now and February, when the Iowa Caucus happens. Current polling is also a bit speculative since most voters are not fully engaged. With those caveats in mind, the contest seems to be […]

In the topsy turvy world we live in, almost everything that has been considered good is now evil, and everything that was formerly considered sin, is now virtue. We see this in the ongoing sexual revolution, but don’t mislead yourself–it doesn’t stop there. Our political and monetary system* now embraces monetary nonsense as a matter […]

In a previous post, I cajoled Mr. Trump for his public excoriation of our Fed, yet there is a case for lower interest rates and in a big way. The primary reason is that the yield curve is inverted, and it has been for quite a bit of time. While I have previously argued that […]