Fake News Sites
More and more people are getting their news from social media. While there is nothing wrong with that, some people are getting fooled by what could be called "fake news sites." I get emails from peopl...
Fighting a War
America's stated military policy has always been to minimize civilian casualties. Last year, the Obama administration even went further by establishing a policy that required "near certainty" that the...
Christian Vote
Christians have a civic responsibility since we are both citizens of heaven and citizens of earth. Unfortunately, many Christians do not seem to understand that good citizenship involves voting intell...
Pastors and Politics
Christians depend on their pastors for spiritual guidance. But if they are looking for guidance in how to think about cultural and political issues, most of them will be disappointed. That is what Geo...
Scorecard on Obamacare
As we are getting closer to the open enrollment period for Obamacare, it might be good to go back and evaluate the claims made during the debate on the Affordable Care Act. We were told that the costs...
Phrases from Shakespeare
The influence William Shakespeare has had on the English language is well known. In a previous commentary, I talked about the number of words he created or coined. He also is responsible for so many e...
Pre-existing Conditions
Yesterday I talked about why millennials might not buy insurance. The cost under the Affordable Care Act is much more than what they would have paid in the free market. But there is another reason why...
Millennials Paying for Obamacare?
Lexi Cory titled her article: "Wake Up Millennials, We're the Ones Paying the Bill." The bill she was talking about is the Affordable Care Act. She wonders if her fellow millennials really understand...
Health Care Death Spiral
Most of the concern expressed about Obamacare focuses on the immediate impact while ignoring the long-term effects of the law. Dr. Merrill Matthews explains in a recent column that the bigger problem...
Inflation and Chuck E. Cheese
In his book, Godonomics, Chad Hovind finds engaging ways to illustrate economic facts. In his book and on my radio program he answered question like: What would God say to Adam Smith? What would God s...
Pencils and Cell Phones
Perhaps you have read the short story "I, Pencil" by economist Leonard Read. He takes you through all the steps necessary to make a pencil and concludes that "nobody knows how to make a pencil." To m...
Child Sexual Offenders
For a moment, I want to talk about a subject many of us would rather avoid. But we cannot avoid it if we are concerned about our children and the children in our schools and churches. Recently I had B...
