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May 2005

May 23, 2005

“You deserve an A”

Man loves himself inordinately. Since his determinate existence does not deserve the devotion lavished upon...

April 2005

April 16, 2005

And have not charity

It is not possible to endorse the work of charitable agencies -- including "faith-based" agencies...

March 2005

March 23, 2005

Kaput

"George W. Bush's plan to remake the Social Security system is kaput. This is not...

March 12, 2005

On usury 3

The Christian understanding of what constitutes "usury" has changed. What began as an absolute prohibition...

March 11, 2005

Free your campus

I've spent the week mad as hell about the wretched bankruptcy bill the credit card...

March 10, 2005

On usury 2 (of 3)

Years ago I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the...

March 09, 2005

On usury

In comments to this earlier post, Matthew asks: "Doesn't the usury condemned in the Bible...

March 07, 2005

Permanent jump-start

The Washington Post's Jim Vandehei reports today that "Tax Cuts Lose Spot on GOP Agenda":...

March 05, 2005

Moral bankruptcy (cont’d.)

Kevin Drum offers a rundown of the proposed Democratic amendments to the Senate version of...

February 2005

February 28, 2005

Head for the hills

John Waggoner is a personal finance and investment columnist for USA Today. He's a likeable,...

February 27, 2005

Memento mori

We're all gonna die someday lord We're all gonna die someday Mama's on pills daddy's...

February 26, 2005

Of blood and stones

Uggabugga directs our attention to this Washington Post article, "Bankruptcy Bill Advances," in which Kathleen...

January 2005

January 19, 2005

GWB vs. FDR II

Slate's Chris Suellentrop joins the chorus of those claiming that Social Security is a "welfare"...

January 14, 2005

GWB vs. FDR

Brad DeLong points us to this strange essay from Jonathan Rauch in The National Journal....

January 12, 2005

Yes, George W. Bush lied

George W. Bush lied yesterday. There's no other word for what he did, no wiggle...

January 10, 2005

Freshman housing

I live like a freshman I still have a roommate We walk to the Laundry...

January 06, 2005

Faux crisis vs. fubarpocalypse

The paper does a daily online poll question. Yesterday's concerned President Bush's still-vague proposals for...

December 2004

December 17, 2004

Uncomplicated

"One of the tests of leadership at all levels of government is to confront problems...

November 2004

November 23, 2004

Trailer Park Heroes

Columnist Al Mascitti of The [Del.] News Journal describes a group of Americans who are...

November 09, 2004

The United States of Arbusto

Scripps-Howard's Mary Deibel is not shrill. Her tone in this article -- "Your wallet and...

September 2004

September 27, 2004

What’s the matter with Alabama?

Even if, like me, you haven't yet read Thomas Frank's book What's the Matter With...

September 21, 2004

Keeping Score

The good news, for now, is that TXU Energy, the largest electric utility in Texas,...

September 09, 2004

Subprime electricity

Reuters reports that TXU Energy, the biggest utility in Texas, intends to increase its rates...

September 06, 2004

The tangled web he wove

The Daily Mislead notes that President Bush, in his acceptance speech Thursday night, complained of...

September 04, 2004

I dream’d a dream

Now that the GOP's convention in New York City is over, the biz pages are...

September 02, 2004

The Foreclosure Society

Or, if you prefer, "The Owe-nership Society." Slate's Daniel Gross reminds our MBA president that...

September 01, 2004

Country doctor

Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., began his speech Tuesday at the Republican National Convention...

September 01, 2004

The ownership of society

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay....

August 2004

August 30, 2004

Self-interest & Voting

In a Slate article -- "Buy Stock, Vote Bush" -- Daniel Gross points out that...

August 28, 2004

Reprise

Them that's got shall get Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and...

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