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A Bit of Backtracking This post represents a bit of a reversal from what I stated at the start of the year. I had pledged to not discuss stewardship much, except in the context of the feeding of the war machine. I have reconsidered. It seems important enough that we as followers of Jesus think …
Another Dylan Insight In 1963 Bob Dylan penned one of his masterpieces, a song called Only a Pawn in Their Game. The song was about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in Jackson Mississippi. Evers was killed by Byron De La Beckwith on June 12, 1963. In his song Dylan painted a picture …
The Godliness of Work Two weeks ago, on Labor Day I published a piece about the anti-labor lobby. It focused on the various policies that the ostensibly “pro-labor” lobby advocated. This week I wish to go beyond the policies and dive into a bit of the culture that drives those ideas. It is a culture …
A repost from last year as the nation commemorates another ill-named “Patriot” Day It Was Just Yesterday It hardly seems possible that 21 years have elapsed since the 9/11 attacks. Many things have changed. New career paths, the loss of family and friends, a strengthened faith (hopefully!) are just some of the changes that I …
You Is What You Is Let’s be clear upfront; the strongest voices against labor are among those who ostensibly advocate on behalf of…labor. It is an odd dichotomy to be sure and one that at first blush seems counter intuitive. Yet, a cursory examination, along with some basic economic knowledge will show that today’s labor …
The Same Direction as Rome? Last week I discussed the parallels between the late republican period of Rome, just before it morphed into an explicitly autocratic empire, and the United States today. This week’s question: is the U.S. headed down the same path as the late Roman republic? I left off in the year 133 …
Now that the Federal Reserve is on the front pages for timidly starting to raise rates in the face of 9%+ general price increases, and with the U.S. continuing it’s dangerous war policy in Ukraine, it is a good time to revisit a post from 2018. U.S. monetary and imperial war policy are as intertwined …
Background Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks an internet based journalistic enterprise, is a hairsbreadth away from being deported from Great Britain and extradited to the United States. In the U.S. he faces charges under the seldom used Espionage Act of 1917. If convicted in the U.S., he faces what is effectively a life sentence. …
The Infantilism of Government Policy All government policy treats people as infants. I have made this claim before in a couple of different contexts. It is true both in the way government assumes that we cannot make decisions for ourselves, and it is true in the way government goes about its business. This is an …
It strikes me that a free society is a necessary yet not sufficient condition for a just and humane society. Yet, there are things that are antecedent to a free society. There are certain core, foundational values that are needed before one can erect a free polity. Chief among these core foundational values are tolerance …