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DeMint on Changing Washington’s Political Culture
There’s a fascinating profile of Jim DeMint, the new president of the Heritage Foundation, in BusinessWeek, which makes a good pairing for this NYT piece that focuses on the GOP’s “civil war” between establishment Republicans and Tea Partiers. But one of ments that really stuck out to me concerning DeMint’s move from the Senate to a think tank was his realization about what it would take to change the political culture in Washington. As Joshua Green writes, DeMint had previously...
Charitable Hospitals To Be Fined Under Obamacare
A new provision under Obamacare will fine tax-exempt hospitals via the Internal Revenue Service: A new provision in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, which takes effect under Obamacare, sets new standards of review and installs new financial penalties for tax-exempt charitable hospitals, which devote a minimum amount of their expenses to treat uninsured poor people. Approximately 60 percent of American hospitals are currently nonprofit. Fines could be as high as $50,000 for pliance. Some wonder if this provision...
Drawing Attention To God’s Thumbprint In The World
Every artist, whatever the medium, is a pale example of our Creator God, and the best artists know that. James Lee Burke, whose novels are full of violence and glimpses of evil, seems to be an unlikely candidate for drawing attention to “God’s thumbprint” in our world, but he consciously does just that. In an interview with PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Burke talks about how religion (specifically his Catholic faith) plays a role in his writing. His primary character...
Making The Family Farm Profitable
There is much nostalgia about America’s agricultural past that many seem incapable of releasing. But the reality is forcing a new narrative about the family farm. In an era of globalization and government subsidizing large agribusinesses, family farmers have no choice in the near future but to diversify the use of their land and do something that is actually profitable. In the light of these realities, family farming is slowly ing more of a hobby than a means of making...
The Moral Complexity of Inflation and Default
As the US federal government sidled up to the debt ceiling earlier this week without quite running into it, one of the key arguments in favor of raising the debt ceiling was that it is immoral to breach a contract. The federal government has creditors, both from whom it has borrowed money and to whom it has promised transfer payments, and it has an obligation to fulfill those promises. As Joe Carter argued here, “Member of Congress who are refusing...
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Reagan Resurgent?
  For a president dubbed the “Great Communicator,” it is remarkable how little consensus exists concerning Ronald Reagan’s record. Two new entries into the Reagan imaginary, Max Boot’s weighty biography of the 40th president and the new Ronald Reagan biopic starring Dennis Quaid, have reminded readers and filmgoers of the enduring Reagan enigma that continues to occupy a place of debate...
Jun 14, 2025
Parallel Universes
  Cosmology is a subject that is far too difficult for me. For example, I find it impossible to understand the idea of the Big Bang, let alone the idea that there might be two or more universes. The nearest I can come to understanding the latter is the commentary I see on the Internet regarding the American election. There, people...
Jun 14, 2025
What Christmas Cant Do
  What Christmas Can't Do   “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 nkjv).   As the Christmas season descends, we’re seeing countless commercials of things we’re supposed to buy.   The implied promise is that if you give...
Jun 14, 2025
The Conundrum of Woke Capitalism
  Commerce is supposed to be apolitical. Free-market exchanges promote economic efficiency and consumer welfare because consensual transactions between buyers and sellers are indifferent to anything but the price—Adam Smith’s “invisible hand.” Money is fungible and business is impersonal. All that matters is voluntary cooperation by uncoerced actors. As Nobel laureate Milton Friedman explained in Free to Choose, “The price system...
Jun 14, 2025
Wherever You Are, There the Lord Will Also Be
  Wherever You Are, There the Lord Will Also Be   By Keri Eichberger   Bible Reading   And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. – Matthew 28:20   I’ve always been a beach girl. Claiming this praiseworthy place is where I feel closest to God. “You can have the mountains,” I would say. “Take me to the...
Jun 14, 2025
Why Its Crucial to Be on the Same Page with Debt
  Why It's Important to Be on the Same Page with Debt   By: Carrie Lowrance   Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is a servant to the lender.(Proverbs 22:7, NLT)   Money problems are one of the biggest issues in marriage. It is definitely a topic that needs to be addressed before tying the knot so both parties know...
Jun 14, 2025
Cultivating Market Societies
  Analogies have the power to reveal new relationships and to reframe how we think. Good analogies help us understand the world. They use relationships and phenomena we experience to help us understand more complex or abstract phenomena. On the other hand, bad analogies can cause grave errors.   When people with a generally grim view of modernity raise concerns about pollution...
Jun 14, 2025
Churchills Recovery of Aristocratic Virtue
  Churchill introduces My Early Life, his autobiography covering 1874 to 1904, with this observation: “I find I have drawn a picture of a vanished age.” The book is his odyssey. It describes his early wanderings and fortunes as a young officer, journalist, and member of parliament. It depicts not only the actions but also the opinions and convictions of his...
Jun 14, 2025
Wisdom of the Aged (Job 12:12)
  Wisdom of the Aged (Job 12:12)   By Jennifer Waddle   Today’s Bible Verse -Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?(Job 12:12)   There’s great value in the lessons that can be learned between generations. Just as Paul encouraged Timothy in the Bible not to let anyone look down on him for his youth, but to be...
Jun 14, 2025
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