20 Mar

Posted at 07:40h in Economics

I recently read the following from Jim Clifton in Forbes magazine, and it inspired me to actually blog it. I can not imagine any sentiment being less improvable than this one - it is sheer brilliance. Jim is offering his sentiments on what...

02 Jan

Posted at 14:51h in Economics, Politics

I would be very surprised if National Review had a bigger supporter than I, but that is not the subject of this piece. I confess to having been disappointed in a recent piece from their very capable and gifted writer, Kevin Williamson. Essentially,...

09 Apr

Posted at 21:00h in Economics

I truly mean it when I say that I read a piece this good about once in every five years.  This piece is the transcript of a speech that William McNurn gave at Hillsdale College last month.  Hillsdale is perhaps the most important college in...

02 Mar

Posted at 20:21h in Book Reviews, Economics

Dr. Russell Roberts at George Mason University (the finest economic hub in the country) has written a delightful piece on the real causes of the financial crisis.  The observation that greed and stupidity do not help to explain the crisis since greed and stupidity have...

27 Feb

Posted at 22:05h in Economics, Marketplace & Calling

On Friday evening I was blessed to share the stage with Dinesh D'Souza as the long-promoted conference, The Virtue of Prosperity: Moral Implications for Wealth and Work, got underway.  I have worked on the conference for half of a year, and brought in my dear...