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April 2016

April 25, 2016

Book Review: The Race to Save Our Century

Confession is good for the soul, here’s mine: one of the authors of this book...

April 21, 2016

What Inside Out Managed to Leave Out

My latest contribution to my favorite magazine is available online. The magazine is Touchstone, and...

April 19, 2016

Of Long Fingernails, Gnosticism, and the Coming Age of Robots

I recall reading somewhere that oriental potentates grew their fingernails long in order to show...

April 14, 2016

Do the Most Intolerant Win?

Since reading, The Black Swan I've been a fan of Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I've also...

April 04, 2016

Are You a Bubble-Baby?

Probably the thing that bugs me most about those tender sprouts who have grown up...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Christianity and Household Economics: a Marriage Made in Heaven

A household is a small, multipurpose institution. It binds men and women to each other...

March 24, 2016

Household Economics Coming to Your Living Room

When I talk about recovering home economics, and especially the centrality of productive property to...

March 14, 2016

Diana Moon Glampers, Sociobiology, and Aristotle

This weekend the Wall Street Journal confirmed what we pretty much know intuitively, stronger-looking men...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Why We Need a Libertarian Study Bible

Some people think of Romans 13:1-7 as a summary of everything the Bible has to...

February 26, 2016

Presidential Candidates & Local Economies (and that includes the local churches)

In my ideal America, the Presidential election would hold as much interest for people as...

February 19, 2016

Two and a Half Cheers for Tiny Houses

I've owned three houses. Besides those I've owned 6 apartment buildings with a total of...

February 12, 2016

Household Political Economy–what we should be working for

So what in the world is this thing? Let's begin with what it isn't. It...

February 08, 2016

Advice for a Nice Christian Young Man

If you haven't noticed by now, being nice doesn't get you very far. Perhaps the...

February 03, 2016

How to Short the Welfare State: Invest in Home Economics

When you think about the economy you probably only include your household as an afterthought....

February 01, 2016

The Big Short: the Rest of the Story

By 2004 I owned real estate in 3 states, had 18 tenants, and two people...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

Stirred by Shakers: the Elegant Errors of a Failed Sect

When it comes to the opinion of the people who matter, the Shakers are hip....

January 21, 2016

Why Evangelical Gender-Egalitarians are Statists

An ethic is the inner structure of a polity. Sacramental Theology and Covenant Theology are...

January 20, 2016

Are Humans Obsolete?

"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." Orange Catholic...

January 18, 2016

Life After the Welfare State

"This too shall pass." The Sufi poets A few years back Francis Fukuyama published a book...

January 15, 2016

Nominalism and the Law of Unintended Consequences

I like antibiotics and air-conditioning, and I'd like to keep them. Many knowledgable people agree...

January 11, 2016

An Introduction to Productive Property

Most people classify themselves as middle-class. This is interesting for at least a couple of...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

No More Portable Jesus.

It can take years of study for a fish to see water. It did for...

December 26, 2015

How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization

We can hope that Western civilization is in the early stages of awakening from a...

December 21, 2015

I’m Happy. Should I Feel Guilty About That?

I share good news with family and friends less often than I used to. I've lost...