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Can Your Wealth Escape the Blackhole?

Saturday, May 16th, 2026

This NPR article, “The hidden power keeping wages low,” documents the long history of economists arguing that monopolies are bad for the economy. In particular, economists document how monopolies hinder competition and concentrate wealth. For Adam Smith competition was the key to a free market and a general prosperity. When Adam Smith studied markets in […]

Gospel of Life and Service

Wednesday, April 15th, 2026

“Don’t you know the cruelty of the world.  You have to grab what you want. If you are rich and powerful, they let you do it.”  The Folly and the Stumbling Block The Pope preaches the Gospel of Life and Service.  The anti-christ preaches the gospel of death and prosperity. Both Faith and reason show […]

Arguments About the True Meaning of Christianity Are as Old as Christianity Itself

Sunday, April 12th, 2026

Arguments about the true meaning of Christianity are as old as Christianity itself. One simple example from the Gospel of Matthew illustrates this point. Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”  Surprisingly, the people who had heard Him speak for several years didn’t give the same answer.  We now […]

The Christian Vocation

Friday, May 24th, 2024

If you are a Christian, Jesus told you your “vocation.” It does not matter if you are a man or a woman, an American or a Mexican, a worker or a CEO, straight or gay. Your actions speak louder than words. Your behavior shows what you believe, not the Church you attend. You can have […]

Trump Has the Reich Stuff

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

The Trump campaign propelled discussions of NAZIs into the news again.  It released a video with a fake newspaper reporting a fictional Trump landslide and the future “creation of a unified Reich.” Overtly mimicking NAZI language is essential to Donald Trump’s appeal. Many Americans don’t want to face this reality. What then is a NAZI?  […]

Conservative Ideology Is A Debt Problem

Thursday, May 18th, 2023

For the first hundred years of American history, there was one cause of public debt: war.  The United States of America started in debt, and it paid its bills.  There wasn’t another spike in debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio until the American Civil War. At this point, you might ask what is the debt […]

If I Had A Hammer

Thursday, May 11th, 2023

Have you ever heard the saying, “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”?  I’ve heard it all my life.  It served me as one of those wise sayings: use the right tool for a job. My dad would certainly agree.  He would get so angry when we used a pair […]

Conservatism Is Expensive

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023

Fox News just agreed to pay $787.5 million for lying about Dominion voting machines.  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton offered to use $3.3 million of tax dollars to settle a whistleblower case.  Donald Trump paid nearly $300,000 to cover up his extramarital affairs. It must be nice to have millions of dollars to pay for […]

Liberty and Justice for All

Thursday, April 27th, 2023

The Pledge of Allegiance ends with six memorable words: “With Liberty and Justice for All.”  As we say these words, we are setting a standard for our own behavior.  We will fight for liberty and justice for all. These are very powerful words also embody my Christian faith.  On numerous occasions, priests and Pharisees tried […]

Honesty Is The Best Policy

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023

While honesty is the best policy, it doesn’t always make the best politics.  Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush lied about Iraq.  The invasion made conservatives happy but was a disaster for America, Iraq and the entire Middle East. George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice told America and the […]

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