During the Obama administration, and especially the last five years after the passage of Obamacare, we have seen numerous attempts, some successful and others still in the process, to impose more Federal top-down regulations on all sorts of human activities.  Besides Obamacare and its 15,000 pages of regulations, we have the massive regulatory scheme flowing […]

As we continue in the “new normal” of lower than trend growth in the Obama Era, last week saw 2.3% growth in the 2nd qtr after only a revised upward 0.6% in the 1st qtr, we must ask why.  I have argued before that whether you are a progressive or a conservative, you ought to […]

In one of the rare triumphs (likely fleeting–see below), the Republicans actually let the Import-Export Bank die a most well-deserved death by refusing to renew its charter which expired at the end of June.  For those that don’t know, this government program is known as “Boeing’s bank,” since it subsidizes loans to foreigners who are […]

I attended a meeting of the local Tea Party in my city to hear one of my colleagues (who is also a Berean) speak on the Constitution.  His talk was excellent, and well-received.  But as I was listening, my mind began to wander a bit (sorry Mark).  Given so much misunderstanding, so much misinterpretation, and […]

I just finished another book I would commend to our readers.  Gregory Alan Thornbury has published Recovering Classic Evangelicalism:  Applying the Wisdom and Vision of Carl F. H. Henry.  Crossway, 2013.  As the title indicates, the author, current president of King’s College in New York City, and erstwhile “geek” (more below), the book represents both […]

That is the question raised in an op-ed over at the NYT (hat tip to The Gospel Coalition), covering the recent video sting of planned parenthood operatives calmly (while eating lunch!) discussing how they make sure to crush the unborn child in a manner that allows them to still harvest the vital organs to sell. […]

My Berean colleague Mark Smith wrote a very astute piece for this blog on the recent announcement by Ohio Governor Jon Kasich as a candidate for the presidency in 2016.  He received an interesting and stimulating comment, to which I wish to reply as a separate blog.  If you want the entire comment, go to […]

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) made it official. He is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Throwing his hat into an ever-expanding ring on Tuesday, Kasich, like everyone else, is a jumble of strengths and weaknesses, though for […]

The relationship between virtue and institutions has been debated for many years, even centuries, by political thinkers, not to mention even clergy.  For Christians this is a particularly important issue.  To what extent can we rely on the arrangement of political and legal institutions to “check ambition” and prevent mischievous abuse of power?  Do we […]

Until recently, Rachel Dolezal served as the head of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).  Recent information has revealed that Dolezal is not African-American as the public had assumed.  Her parents, both Caucasian, note that she is not African-American and produced a picture of her as a […]