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May 2022

May 03, 2022

Inflation and Its Cause

Inflation has reached an annual rate of 8.5%, and prices for food, fuel, and housing...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

Black Flight

Black Americans are leaving the "ghettos" of the big cities in dramatic numbers, to the...

April 21, 2022

Post-Liberals vs. Right-Liberals

In the current debates within the conservative movement, the "post-liberals" criticize Reagan-style free market and...

April 07, 2022

The Dangers of the Digital Dollar

The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for the "digital dollar." This would be the...

February 2022

February 21, 2022

Workers of the World Are Uniting

The "Freedom Convoy" of Canadian truck drivers is a classic job action, a protest of...

February 11, 2022

Libertarianism Is Back

Populism put Donald Trump into the White House and led to the rise of Nationalist...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

“The Great Resignation” Continues

Most of those who voluntarily left the workplace during the COVID lockdowns still have not...

January 14, 2022

Virtual Vocation

Some internet "influencers" on TikTok or YouTube earn more money than the heads of America's...

December 2021

December 27, 2021

Looking Back While Driving Forward

Contrary to what Americans hoped for, 2021 did not bring about a "return to normalcy."...

December 17, 2021

“The Biggest Disruption to Human Life We Have Ever Seen”

We've blogged about the Metaverse--which promises to let us live our lives inside shared virtual...

December 16, 2021

Has China Overtaken–or Passed–the U.S.A.?

China is on the rise, while the United States is in decline. China is now...

November 2021

November 24, 2021

The Consequences of Plagues and Pandemics (part 2)

The Black Plague of the 14th century contributed to the rise of economic and political...

November 23, 2021

The Consequences of Plagues and Pandemics (part 1)

The Bubonic Plague, also known as the "Black Death," wiped out nearly half the population...

November 17, 2021

Overcoming Polarization

Polarization and conflict in a society are not necessarily bad, but they can be. Unity...

November 11, 2021

“Worker Rebellion”

Many of the "essential workers" lauded in the early days of the pandemic would lose...

October 2021

October 22, 2021

The Great Resignation

While most people's preoccupation with the economy is usually about creating jobs, our economy now...

October 12, 2021

Blue Country, Red Country

What if the 52% of Republicans and 41% of Democrats get their wish to split...

October 11, 2021

A Trillion

A billlion is a thousand million. But a trillion is a million million.

October 01, 2021

China’s Revival of Communism

The Chinese government, having achieved prosperity by emulating Capitalism, has started cracking down on its...

September 2021

September 17, 2021

An Unexamined Revolution

The $3.5 trillion social infrastructure bill would have revolutionary consequences for American society as a...

September 08, 2021

Post-America

In the aftermath of the Afghanistan debacle, many observers are seeing the end of America's...

August 2021

August 09, 2021

The Eviction Moratorium Fiasco

The eviction moratorium fiasco exemplifies much that is bad and incompetent about our government.

July 2021

July 07, 2021

How Pride Causes Our Catastrophes

The Bible says that pride goeth before a fall. The Greeks said that pride causes...

June 2021

June 25, 2021

Woke Corporations

Big corporations used to be associated with conservatives and Republicans. But now they are increasingly...

June 22, 2021

The Republicans’ Three-Legged Stool is Coming Apart

The Republican Party's "three-legged stool" of the Christian right, business interests, and neo-conservatives is coming...

June 15, 2021

Back to Inflation

Bailouts, fiscal stimulus, and massive government spending on top of a booming economy have brought...

June 10, 2021

The Importance of Luther’s Doctrine of the Three Estates

When we think of Luther's thought as it relates to culture and our life in...

May 2021

May 31, 2021

Spending $6 Trillion and Scrapping the Hyde Amendment

President Biden has submitted his 2022 budget, which comes in at $6 trillion. That would...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

Corporations Are Functioning as Our Government

Big corporations are increasingly taking on the functions of government, to the point of overriding...

April 12, 2021

The Institutions Americans No Longer Believe In

A major business leader is bullish about the American economy in the short term, but...