I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war. – Psalm 120:7 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and ...
Someone else having a billion dollars does no harm to you. It very likely makes their life harder – not materially, but emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically – but it does ...
I just saw an article by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen called “It’s Time to Build.” I’m both encouraged and troubled by it. I’m encouraged to see anything promoting and celebrating ...
Credentialed Experts are not at the forefront of innovation and discovery, driving truth forward. Their job is to tell a story about the past that doesn’t threaten the present and ...
I’m not kidding. I just watched my kid grasp basic marketing truths that took me years in the professional world to get. (I might be a bit daft, but that’s ...
Imagine a town. Maybe an early New England village. There is a dominant belief in this town that one must attend church every Sunday if they want to live a ...
Why am I not worried that some group of people or the entire world are ‘moving towards socialism’? Because I have eyes. Everywhere I look – every state, country, city, ...
Is the libertarian idea of self-ownership contrary to the authority of God? Not all libertarians believe in self-ownership Before discussing whether or not the libertarian concept of self-ownership is contrary ...
If I could choose to be the most knowledgeable person in the world or the most curious, I’d choose the latter without hesitation. Every interesting thing I’ve done has been ...
“Post-scarcity”, “Post-economic”, and “Post-capitalist” are meant to convey a fundamental shift in the principles of human action, wrought by technological advancement. In reality, they are just cute linguistic hyperbole. There ...
Sometimes people say, “If you didn’t vote, don’t complain.” Nonsense. Everyone can complain. Complaining about pompous politicians and oppressive regulations doesn’t require participation in popularity lotteries. In fact, if one were ...
“By their fruits you will recognize them.” – Jesus Not what you say, or who you like, or how you vote, or what Facebook groups you belong to. Your fruit. ...
After Roe v. Wade, something amazing happened. New organizations, care centers, adoption services, and support networks for pregnant mothers popped up all across the country. There’s a powerful lesson here ...
Originally posted at the Values & Capitalism Blog. “The idea that churches can tackle national poverty, take care of those who are ill, and rebuild communities after natural disasters requires ...
There are innumerable arguments about the legitimacy and morality of government and its proper scope, all of which are worth exploring. Public Choice Theory examines an entirely different question than ...
Any time individuals wish to exchange with one another there are transaction costs. The cost of travelling to the location of the exchange, choosing the goods or services and the ...
Cross-posted at the Values & Capitalism Project A great many people believe that changing the law is the solution to social problems. This is a fiction. If written law were ...
What does “social justice” mean? To the extent that it is about justice – outputs being aligned with inputs; effect being aligned with cause; reaping reward and punishment in right ...
My latest post over at the Common Sense Concept: The poor in the US are doing very well compared to the poor in Kenya and enjoy things like quality housing, ...
There have been a number of articles lately about the apparent contradictions among small-government supporters who claim Ayn Rand as a hero and who are also religious. This is supposed ...
“The idea that churches can tackle national poverty, take care of those who are ill, and rebuild communities after natural disasters requires a spoonful of bad moral theology and a ...
Here’s a letter I had published in the Washington Post about 1 year ago: French President Nicolas Sarkozy claims that banning burqas would uphold traditional European values. Unless he is ...
This is a post originally written for the Prometheus blog, but it no longer appears there so I thought I’d repost it. —- “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for ...
A post I wrote about two years ago for the Western Standard: —- My wife and I were visiting a new place for Sunday morning service this week and I ...
This was originally posted on the Shotgun Blog —- The Economic Argument Arguments against immigration on economic grounds basically boil down to “They took our jobs!”. Some feel that allowing ...
If I were designing a world, and I had a moment of sheer genius and came upon the idea of something as magnificent as a forest of great trees, I ...
Christians are called to aid those less fortunate. I think that we often mistakenly take this calling as merely material. Rather than thinking about helping those who are “poor in ...
I wrote my post about why I don’t watch the news some time ago. Now I see Bryan Caplan over at EconLog has posted about why he doesn’t believe news ...
A snippet I wrote for the March 2010 issue of Liberty Magazine in the Reflections section under the title “Story Time”: I’ve heard people say that the only way to ...
I personally love Milton. Paradise Lost is one of the most beautiful things in the English language. But Milton was more than a mere poet. He weighed in on some ...
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