Mr. Trump likes to think of himself as a free trader, but in his mind, free trade isn’t free (or at least mutually beneficial) when the other side is continually cheating.  I tend to be very skeptical of Mr. Trump’s trade policies, especially since his stated logic is grounded in fundamental fallacies, such as the […]

The Bereans discuss the recent omnibus spending bill as well as the President’s continued problems.

I have always been puzzled by progressives unyielding faith in government as the solution to social problems, and indeed, almost always the federal government.  In my mind, the repeated and demonstrable failures of government to solve problems that are unrelated to its constitutional (or better yet, Biblical) roles should give everyone pause.  Yet progressives do […]

In case you missed the news: Middle-Earth Announces Heavy Tariffs On Narnian Imports  

The Bereans spend more time discussing Donald Trump and Evangelical support.

Mr. Trump unsurprisingly has defied convention and already declared himself a candidate for 2020, even before the 2018 elections.  No other politician is likely to declare prior to the 2018 election, and the Republican party has no interest in a feud with the current president prior to the election–the Republicans want to be as unified […]

I am conducting research for a presentation that I will make, Lord willing, the first week of April at the Association of Private Enterprise Education conference. Chafer’s 4th volume discusses ecclesiology. Chapter 11 is about contrast between law and grace. I thought this quote discussing individual responsibility in the “Church Age” was interesting from the […]

One of the hidden-from-view debates going on among intellectuals and elites is the idea of the Universal Basic Income (UBI).  The basic idea is let’s get rid of all welfare programs, and give everybody a check of some minimum amount that would meet the essentials of life.  You could have it baked into the tax […]

The Bereans discuss Michael Gerson’s article from The Atlantic.  

In many ways, President Trump is a policy tumbleweed. He doesn’t seem able to remain focused for very long on a single issue. However, this vacillation does not seem to be the case with his economic nationalism. He does seem able to focus on protectionism; whether he is attempting to restrict immigration or global trade, […]