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 […]

How did we get here?  This is the question many of us have heard or asked during the last year.  We’re all justifiably distraught that our choices seemingly are Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.  No one wants to vote for the lesser of two evils, especially when it seems like the lesser is still pretty evil.  Further, most Bereans […]

This week, you will be blessed, or cursed, with our voting choices. Each day, one of our writers will embrace the carnage that is 2016. Unlike Mrs. Clinton, we have decided transparency is best. Unlike Mr. Trump, we will pretend to be reasonable. Unlike Mr. Johnson, we promise not to be high while writing. Unlike […]

The Bereans are on the road September 18! Three of us (Smith, Tison, and Wheeler) will be at Grace Covenant Church in Beavercreek, OH at 6:00 pm for a brief talk followed by q&a. If you are in the area, feel free to come. If you bring rotten vegetables, aim at Dr. Tison, he is […]

It is Constitution Day once again, but because it fell on Saturday this year, I haven’t seen as much publicity.  That does not mean that we ought to overlook it.  It has now been 229 years since the new United States met to overhaul its first constitution (the Articles of Confederation) and ended up proposing […]

Even a stopped clock is right twice per day, and Mr. Trump is right much more than that (from an economic perspective).  So despite my angst over his posture on immigration and free trade, let’s give Mr. Trump his due.  The Fed’s easy money policy is fraught with significant problems, and the Fed itself is institutionally […]