The theater of Supreme Court judicial nominations became even more than ever an exercise of partisan political purposes yesterday and undoubtedly continues today.  But I want to point out the obvious in this:  that these individuals are not acting in the best interest of the country per se, and certainly not according to their constituents’ […]

Much of Mr. Trump’s economic success has been challenging the way things have been done under the Obama administration, and charting a decidedly different course.  Tax cuts instead of tax hikes, deregulation instead of regulation.  And it’s working; yesterday’s revision of 2nd qtr GDP was positive, and the composition was even better–consumer spending was down […]

***This is a three-part series on Living the Truth in Politics. Part 1 sets the stage of how truth is treated in the political realm. Part 2 looks at how the Bible treats truth, especially for the Child of God. Part 3 examines the obvious conflict and attempts to answer a question: how does the […]

***This is a three-part series on Living the Truth in Politics. Part 1 sets the stage of how truth is treated in the political realm. Part 2 looks at how the Bible treats truth, especially for the Child of God. Part 3 examines the obvious conflict and attempts to answer a question: how does the […]

U.S. Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) death has rightly reverberated across the United States. We are blessed with few actual larger-than-life figures, even in our celebrity-obsessed age. McCain was one of them and he will be missed. This is not an obituary, for many excellent ones are already available–The Washington Post’s by Karen Tumulty is particularly well […]

***This is a three-part series on Living the Truth in Politics. Part 1 sets the stage of how truth is treated in the political realm. Part 2 looks at how the Bible treats truth, especially for the Child of God. Part 3 examines the obvious conflict and attempts to answer a question: how does the […]

In a recent post on the “S” word, some of the commenters suggested that universal health care is not all that bad, so what’s to be afraid of?  Now I am not in favor of universal health care as defined by most young progressives, i.e., government provided health care for all, and I am somewhat […]

The WSJ’s Holman Jenkin’s reviewed the SEC’s tough problem with Elon Musk and Tesla in last night’s edition.  The problem is that Elon has a pretty ugly relationship with the stock market, since while he has cultivated quite a passionate following for his own activities and dreams (leading to high stock prices), there are many […]

As wake this morning, the bellwether Ohio special election is too close to call, with Republican Troy Balderson a mere 1500 votes up with 3000 provisional votes and other absentee votes yet uncounted.  I suspect he’ll hold on given the red nature of that seat.  But conservatives have already lost as he is a panderer […]

I’ve been criticizing Mr. Trump for trade for some time now, and unfortunately I don’t think that’s going to let up anytime soon.  However, I want to continue to give him credit in this limited sense:  Presidents (and politicians generally) don’t make the economy grow faster, but what they can do is take away the […]