2008-10-01T07:01:24-04:00

I can’t think of any president, let alone a candidate for that office, having praise songs written about him or the equivalent of Sunday Schools gathered in his name. HT: Nathan Martin

2008-10-01T06:10:20-04:00

This week I’m going to be posting about solutions to our country’s financial meltdown that employ free market principles. (Some of them came up in your comments to previous posts, so thanks.) Phil Kerpen has another idea for raising the $700 billion to buy up

2008-10-01T06:00:36-04:00

The SEC changed the mark to market rule, a simple revision that could do a lot to ease the credit crisis. Power Line explains: As the economic crisis has deepened over the last several weeks, a number of knowledgeable people have told me that the

2008-09-30T07:22:14-04:00

House nixes $700B bailout bill in stunning defeat. The vote was 228-205. (Voting no: 133 Republicans and 95 Democrats.) The stockmarket dropped 777 points. I’m impressed that Congress refused to be steamrolled. (Here are the options the congressional leadership is considering.) What would it look

2008-09-30T07:18:01-04:00

Here is one proposed alternative to the government buying up nation’s bad mortgage investments. From James Pinkerton, Let’s Bail Out Main Street NOT Wall Street. Here’s How: Mallory Factor, a South Carolina businessman, has a better idea: “Bail out homeowners, not lenders,” he says. “Any

2008-09-30T07:16:11-04:00

The science journal NATURE sent both candidates a series of questions about their position on various scientific issues. Only Barack Obama replied, but the journal cobbled together statements that McCain has made on the subjects. Sample: Do you believe that evolution by means of natural

2008-09-29T07:57:34-04:00

Politicos worked out a financial bailout to be voted upon by Congress today. With a lot of details added, it is essentially the same one proposed last week, to spend $700 billion to buy up devalued mortgage securities. Bottom line: Should the Congress pass it

2008-09-29T07:50:42-04:00

Yesterday was the day when various pastors resolved to challenge I.R.S. restrictions by endorsing candidates from the pulpit. Did your preacher do that? Thirty-three did, organized by a conservative legal foundation, and the IRS has promised to “take action as appropriate.” These preachers seem to

2008-09-29T07:47:57-04:00

I hope you had a happy St. Michael and All Angels day yesterday, a day to reflect on angels, including the fallen angels whom Michael battles. On this topic, our pastor preached an illuminating sermon. As he said, ” the war in heaven has now

2008-09-29T07:34:07-04:00

After the dust settled, after three out of the top five college football teams were upset, my (class of ’73) Oklahoma Sooners are ranked number one! And the Milwaukee Brewers, after a nail-biting victory over the Cubs and a nail-biting Mets defeat from the Marlins,

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