The name of Christ will remain in the public square as long as it is profitable. My children are in the next room watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special. Why is there a Charlie Brown Christmas Special? Because it sells. If we were to be honest, we would make overt efforts [...]
I recommend going to every Library Book Sale you can make it to.
Today’s bounty:Free to Choose: Rose and Milton FriedmanThe Fountainhead- Ayn RandThe Tempting Of America- Robert BorkPrinciples of Economics- Carl Menger*** wow!A Choice Of Days- HL Menckena Jan Karon novelEssentials of Economics- Faustino Balive (a FEE book)Self Reliance and Other Essays- Emersona Walt Whitman [...]
Jim Wallis was giving his platform on Voting God’s Politics before the midterm elections. I offered an alternative:
The religious right has made manipulation of the political mechanism a priority. The fault does not lie with their particular set of policies, but with the decision to employ coercion in achieving their ends.The proper response is [...]
My letter to the editor in today’s Technician:Capital pubishment misses targetJeff Gaither’s satire of lethal injection makes a legitimate point, but focuses on a symptom instead of the problem.Capital punishment by the state assumes that the debt a criminal owes is to society or the government rather than to the victims. When such a criminal [...]
1. What is your occupation? Student (NCSU Economics)
2. What color are your socks right now? Grey fuzzy slippers.
3. What are you listening to right now? My wife and her friend talking about the Sopranos and Survivor.
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Potato Chips
5. Can you drive a stick [...]
How much are you worth? How wealthy are you?I’ve decided upon a new measure of wealth. Wealth is how far you can see into the future, your “time horizon”.If you are working at a dead end job and barely making ends meet, if you have no plan for the future other than to [...]
May Dad is a U.S. Marine. He trained near the end of the Vietnam era, and recieved a medical discharge after serving for almost three years. He gave his knees for his country, and I am proud of him.It’s taken me a while to reconcile my libertarian-leaning opinions with his sacrifice. I [...]