Jewish Roots of Limited Government
My reflections on a talk by Daniel Mark, of Villanova University, at Acton University. Benjamin Franklin wanted the Great Seal of the United States to depict Moses leading the children Continue Reading
Smart Philanthropy?–Dr. Lenore Ealy, Acton University 2018
The Difficult Art of Doing Good (with props to Kenneth Boulding) The first in a series of journalistic reports on presentations at Acton University 2018 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Continue Reading
Does Religion Cause Overpopulation?
What is the connection between religion and population growth? Are Muslims going to take over the world by procreation? Will overpopulation doom the earth? Hans Rosling (Sweden) is arguably the Continue Reading
Can You Be a Pacifist and Pro-Government at the Same Time?
Disclaimer: I am not a pacifist. I am a wannabe pacifist. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount have a vice-grip ethical pull on me. But, intellectually Continue Reading
Going After Fame and Success?
Mass Success Fame Celebrity Status All Start Sports Star Making the Big Time Being “Somebody” Our culture trains our young to shoot for these things. Could that be a big Continue Reading
2018 State of the Union, #SOTU
Just finished watching the 2018 #SOTU. Not a Trump fan. Not a Trump hater. Old enough to know that things aren’t that simple. Some random thoughts: The country is thriving, Continue Reading
What is YOUR Political Footprint?
I just took the rather extensive POLITISCALES survey online, in order to get a better feel for what I really think and believe. Found this to be a lot more Continue Reading
Russell Moore on Religious Liberty
Keynote Address Acton University 2017 Russell Moore heads the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission for the Southern Baptist Convention. His after dinner keynote at Acton University hit the power Continue Reading
“Public Choice” -Liberty Vocabulary
If you listen to political or economic podcasts, read blogs and journals, or go to lectures, the phrased “public choice” will be bandied about. Once we get a working Continue Reading
TrumpCare? ObamaCare? No thank you…
Both TrumpCare and ObamaCare are disasters. Put together by politicians who have Cadillac health care plans and zero professional experience in medicine or insurance (with tiny exceptions like Rand Continue Reading