Category: Daily Column

There are two models for government make-work,…

Archeology is interesting because it shows us ways that previous governments kept people off the streets. Many nations...

Two kinds of people.

Catholic Fundamentalists are fond of saying, when thinking about various problems that we see, “There are two kinds...

Once saved, always saved? Not likely.

Many, particularly in Protestant Denominations, believe that if they are “saved” once, often by publicly “accepting Jesus”, that...

Bodies and computers; minds and operating systems;…

Catholic Fundamentalists describe our concept of souls with the phrase “ether disc”. It reflects our definition of God...

If it walks like a duck, ____, and ____, then…

We’ve all heard that so many times that we can automatically fill in the blanks. It’s such a...

A cheap way to keep people off the streets.

Governments for the past half century have delighted in television, which has kept more people off the streets...

Balancing books.

As the process of demanding “rights” accelerates, there is an automatic and concurrent decline in the number of...

Roads, schools, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, food,…

There are no end of things to which taxpayers can be convinced they have a “right”. Soon, a...

Complaining about government waste.

Complaining about government waste. This month’s columns began with governments building streets. The first street was built by...

Money. Lots and lots of money.

I live about fifteen miles from a Western Pennsylvania town called Wampum. The name “Wampum” means “money”. Locally,...