Are giant, mega-churches good or bad?
America has long been a hotbed of fracturing and consolidating. At any given time, dozens companies are becoming conglomerates while existing conglomerates are spinning off subsidiaries. In religion, America has one giant denomination, the Roman Catholic Church. Methodists, Presbyterians, and the other “mainline” denominations are disappearing before our eyes. Many survive on endowments accumulated in […]
One party favors forced labor.
Two-party systems have been around since the beginnings. The Blues and the Greens fought for dominance in the late Roman Empire. Labor vie with Tories in England. Here, there are Democrats and Republicans. Often, there’s one difference between the two parties: One party favors forced labor. The other party at least claims to believe in […]
How to have both deficits and a solid economy.
There is only one way to have both deficits and a solid economy. We can go back to Plato’s Republic, in which he outlines ideal societies. In doing so, he outlines all the basic jobs that need to be done. The work that a society needs to have done can be summed up in the […]
We’re crazy not to move to Texas.
Big bubble bursting! Rejoice and be glad: There is one state where elected officials care more about people than political structures. Texas colleges now offer college degrees for $10,000.00. That’s an entire degree, not just one semester, for ten thousand dollars. Assume that a company with a hundred employees moves to Texas. Maybe twenty of […]
Governments make retirement painful.
Ready to retire? How much money do you have? 75% of those about to retire have less than $30,000.00. Currently, an average rate of return is about 3%. That means three out of every four of America’s soon to be retired will have a generous $900.00 extra coming in. Every year. That’s $75.00 a month. […]
Increased disability payments have a hidden danger.
“The number of workers taking federal disability insurance payments hit yet another record in July, increasing to 8,753,935 during the month from the previous record of 8,733,461 set in June, according to newly released data from the Social Security Administration.” There are two sides to the question: Are increased disability payments bad news, or good? […]
Colleges as child molesters
Most Americans are aware of the football coach/child molester at Penn State. Located in a part of Pennsylvania known as “Happy Valley”, Penn State provides favored Pennsylvanians with its own socialist empire. One can be born, educated, employed, retired, and live in Penn State housing the whole time. No one wants to burst this very […]
In most cases, college does more harm than good.
If a person had the best, fastest horse in the world, he would still use a car to get around. No matter how good the horse, the car will get him where he wants to go more quickly. The car will carry him at lower cost with greater comfort. Once, the United States had the […]
Is college for dummies?
People go to college to learn. If we can learn just as much without going to college, we shouldn’t. Unless, we want to waste a lot of time and money. Everyone asks, with varying degrees of seriousness, “Is college for dummies? Though more people, especially since the internet, answer “Yes.”, lots of people keep on going to college. They choose to […]
Automation lets us see the difference between greed and gluttony.
Some encourage people not to work. “You don’t need to work. You can get money directly from welfare. Food stamps provide everything you need to eat. Other stamps will get you cigarettes. Health insurance is free. So is heating assistance. Really, you don’t need to work.” Working, like praying, has long been held to be […]