My mom wants me to deal with Romans 13. Okay mom!
She asked me to look at Matthew Henry’s take on the passage. It’s online here.
And here’s the passage in question:
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained [1] [...]
Sam send a link to the transcript of this speech by Zizek at OWS. http://t.co/2MicRSvu
I’ve been following Zizek tangentially for a while. Ever since my former colleague Creston Davis started writing about his work with Zizek. Davis and I worked together at Agape Corner mission in Durham, NC while he was at Duke [...]
Sam points out that while median incomes are falling, not everyone’s incomes are falling. This leads to righteous anger at those wealthy who profit from economic suffering.
First, there are those who profit from economic downturns due to protection or privilege gained by currying favor from the state. This is heinous. I’m indignant, [...]
I’ve started this post a few times, trying to get at some questions Sam has been poking at me with. I love Sam. I met him at an IHS conference where he one of the few non-libertarians in attendance. Actually we started chatting through facebook a few weeks before the conference. He [...]