My Intellectual Journey
I was 6 years old when the Soviet Union fell apart. For most guys my age, memories from 1991 consist mostly of LEGOs and Super Mario Bros. For me, however, it was the kick-off to my political education.I was putting together a world map puzzle — you know, the really...
The Dignity of Work
This past Saturday a coalition of liberals and progressives held a rally at the Lincoln Memorial, a perceived (though not intended) response to Glenn Beck and the Tea Party’s rally of August 28th. While Beck’s rally was more akin to a religious revival...
The Moral Case for Capitalism
With Oliver Stone’s sequel to Wall Street hitting theaters last weekend—perhaps the capstone to the public beating capitalism has received in more than a few corners over the past few years—one might be forgiven for thinking capitalism exists so that greedy...
An Open Letter
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that if you find good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, good things will happen.- Jim Sinegal, CEO, Costco Below is a letter I recently sent to Jim Sinegal and Craig Jelinek (CEO and President, respectively) at...
The Debate Remains the Same
For all the partisan bickering, bloviating and Bork-ing that goes on in Congress, there are, underneath it all, some fairly basic and straight-forward ideological and philosophical differences between Republican and Democrat, Conservative and Liberal. No one...
The Least of These
“I am conservative because I care about the poor.”I remember when I first told a friend this, several years ago, and all of a sudden her jaw dropped and it looked as though her mind short-circuited. No doubt many others would respond the same...
The Desire to Fix Things
If you’re anything like me, and let’s hope you’re not, being advised to “do nothing” in response to any problem or crisis is sweet music to my ears. “Nothing,” I can do; it’s “something” where things get a little prickly for yours truly.Yet for the overwhelming...
Everything in Common
“All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.” (Acts 2:44-45)Private property is one of the most fundamental aspects of any market-based system of economics. Why does...
Wealth and Justice
Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism By Arthur C. Brooks and Peter Wehner BUY THE BOOK A free market can better our moral condition—not dramatically and not always, but often enough. It places a premium on thrift, savings, and investment. And...
