Seattle’s Minimum Wage
When you increase the minimum wage, two things happen. Some people lose their jobs while those who keep their jobs see an increase in their paycheck. Unfortunately, politicians focus on the second eff...
Speech on Campus
Universities talk a great deal about free speech, but they have been clamping down on speech they don’t like for many years. When I first started speaking on college campuses in the mid-1970s, I was i...
Founding Fathers: Our First Founder?
Is it possible America's most important Founding Father was born in France in 1509? From the time of the Apostles and - for more than 1500 years after virtually all political theorizing was produced...
Two Child Policy
You’ve heard the news: China is fully abandoning its one-child-per-family birth policy. Now it’s a two-child-per family policy. The Wall Street Journal described China’s one-child policy as “the most...
Health Sharing
Christians who do not want to participate in Obamacare have been able to opt-out by joining one of the Christian health care sharing ministries. In the past, I have talked about how this could be a re...
Founding Fathers - Men Are Not Angels
America's Founding Fathers recognized that one of the keys in forming a lasting and effective government is an accurate anthropology.You need to have a right view - of those who will govern, and be go...
Can Gay Brothers Marry?
You had to see this coming. A recent article in Irish News argues, “that gay cousins should be allowed to marry each other following the same-sex marriage referendum.” After all, the only reason we do...
Founding Fathers - Rights: From Men or God?
Is it even possible to form a lasting human government? In Federalist #1 - the essays written to support passage of the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton wrote that this experiment in liberty would "....
Founding Fathers: How Did We Get Here
How did we get here? What I mean is that in the late 18th Century . . . surveys showed that 99.8% of those living in the United States—99.8%—claimed to be either Roman Catholic or Protestant Christia...
Skewed Environmental Priorities
Later this month the U.N. Climate Change Conference will be held in Paris. You can tell how skewed the environmental priorities of the participants are by looking at one picture that accompanies the o...
Founding Fathers of America
If you were asked to do a series on the Founding Fathers of America, who would you select? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton . . . there are so many from which to...
Sanctuary Cities
A recent vote in the U.S. Senate highlighted the problem of “sanctuary cities.” Senate Democrats were able to block a vote on a bill called the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act. The 5...
