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Yes, the pandemic could have been very different, and it should have been very different. I don’t mean what could have happened if we had not allowed our healthcare market to become completely distorted over the last 75-100 years. So many problems would have been avoided if we had never subsidized demand via government programs …
I hope that it is becoming apparent to those who remain rational that the main problem in our current panic state is the government. “Panic” buying of toilet paper and other shelf stable products to stock up the pantries of America is actually a rational response to a government that threatens and, in some cases, …
A greater contagion than Covid-19 is fear. I dearly detest quoting FDR, but he was correct in stating that the only thing to fear is fear itself. If it’s one thing that Jesus consistently said was, not to be afraid. God is in control of all of His creation and He will consummate it in …
The title obviously plays to the famous hymn that is so recognizable to Christians. It is a fundamental belief of ours that God does indeed have the whole world in His hands and that not only did He call creation into being, but He sustains it at all times with His power. We believe, literally, …
This week’s Scripture readings are some of what I would call classics of “political texts”. They all deal with power and humanity’s relationship to God via our use of power. The Old Testament reading is from Genesis and is the story of Original Sin. It is notable that Original Sin is not simply disobedience. In …
This week’s Gospel lesson is Matt 17:1-9, which is the Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountaintop. There are many lessons to be gleaned from this passage but what has always struck me was Peter’s response. In verse 4 Peter says “‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three …
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In this week’s Gospel reading (Matt 5:21-37) we find Jesus teaching about anger, adultery, divorce and oaths. He is really instructing us about how to live out the Commandments. He is making it plain that more is necessary than a strict, literal view of the laws as they have been written. We need to go …
This week’s Gospel reading could not make it any clearer that we are to put ourselves “out there” in the proclamation of our faith. Matt 5:13-20 has Jesus telling us that we are the salt of the Earth and that we had best not let that salt lose its taste or it will be thrown …
Well, we have arrived at the dawn of 2020. How did that happen? It was just yesterday when the nation was freaking out about Y2K, as opposed to our current freak out: vaping (one among many freak outs, I know). There is something arbitrary about the calendar driving our desire for change and improvement. I …
Time preference is a wonkish yet critical concept in economics. In short, it is the innate desire of humans to consume sooner, rather than later. Other things being equal, everyone on the planet would rather consume sooner rather than later. Obviously, things are not always equal. If given enough of a reason, people will defer consumption until later. What would …