I think most of us can now certainly agree:  even if we give Mr. Trump his claim that he is the most brilliant businessman ever, and his paying low or no taxes is due to his incredible financial acumen, we cannot help but conclude either he is a particularly poor politician or he simply does […]

Both my Bereans colleagues and the many commenters have hit upon a fundamental tension that runs beneath all the talk about whom to vote for this election.  Though they might not have realized it they have been raising the very old and very crucial question of whether a nation needs virtuous political leaders to survive […]

Dennis Prager has a very interesting article today in the National Review Online, entitled “Clinton Won on Nonsense, Trump Won on Substance” (http://www.nationalreview.com/article/440665/donald-trump-won-debate-so-hillary-clinton-tried-changing-subject).  Once again, I am not commending this article because I love Donald Trump, or even because I will definitely vote for him (I have one month left to decide, as do you).  […]

Evangelicals Disagree President Franklin D. Roosevelt is reported to have said, “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”  I agree.  I also agree that the upcoming presidential election presents one of the most […]

I am just getting around to reading a book I have meant to read for over a year, Is Administrative Law Unlawful? By Philip Hamburger (University of Chicago, 2014).  Besides, this is also a good time to raise the whole issue of administrative rulemaking, regulations and judicial hearings, something that in the last 70 years […]

Why is it that many Americans are concerned about CEO pay (S&P 500 median compensation $10.8M in 2015), but are not concerned that Taylor Swift made $170M last year? Or that LeBron James made $77M? Why is it that people are concerned about an explosion in the price hikes of monopolist producers of EpiPen, but […]

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. – Adam Smith The Theory of Moral Sentiments I.I.1 Last week, four of […]

“What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.” Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton. I stand as an American, thrust well into the twenty-first century. Those were exotic words in my youth. I thought of how old I would be in 2000 and now I am pondering my age in 2020 […]

Voting is both a privilege and responsibility. I take the responsibility seriously. On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 I will express my political opinion on federal, state, and local offices and issues by casting my ballot. However, if the election were held today I would neither vote for the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, nor Green party candidate […]

As we agreed the Bereans have been letting our readers know whom we would (probably) be voting for this presidential election, and our reasons.  Our opinions certainly won’t sway the election outcome, but  hope we can stimulate some helpful thinking.  This for me is a somewhat tentative exercise, as there is still time before the […]