2013 Archives

April 01, 2013

Why Economists Should Learn From Theologians

Economists did not need psychology to tell them that people can act irrationally and unjustly, says Michael Hendrix. They just needed to listen to theologians: Why don’t we study the links between the two fields? Continue Reading...

March 29, 2013

Good News About Millennials, Work, and the Resurrection

Millennials (born 1982-1994) often get a bad rap for being narcissistic and difficult to employ. However, according to new research by Ranstad, today’s young adults have more in common with those born before 1946 (mature workers) with respect to positive workplace sentiments than any other generation alive today. Continue Reading...

March 29, 2013

Nobody goes to church on Easter anymore. It’s too crowded.

Explaining why he no longer went to Ruggeri’s, a St. Louis restaurant, baseball legend Yogi Berra said, “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” The same seems to be true of Easter church attendance: Nobody goes to church on Easter anymore. Continue Reading...

March 29, 2013

Ordered Liberty and Same Kind of Different as Me

A friend at church recently loaned me the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me, which tells the story of how a wealthy art dealer named Ron Hall and a homeless man named Denver Moore struck up a friendship that changed both their lives. Continue Reading...

March 29, 2013

Easter and the Rotten Corpse

The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” Continue Reading...

March 29, 2013

Protesting For Chicago’s Failed Education Future

Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel and the Chicago Public School (CPS) System have reached an agreement that the way to cover the school system’s $1 billion deficit is to restructure the system by closing 54 under-utilized schools. Continue Reading...

March 29, 2013

Raising Minimum Wage Means More Jobs … For Technology

There is much talk about raising minimum wage, even to the absurd rate of $22 per hour. President Obama has promised an increase to $9 per hour. Some small business owners, feeling the pinch of these raising wages, are turning to technology to solve their economic issues. Continue Reading...

March 28, 2013

Year: 2013

Why Economists Should Learn From Theologians

Good News About Millennials, Work, and the Resurrection

Nobody goes to church on Easter anymore. It’s too crowded.

Ordered Liberty and Same Kind of Different as Me

Easter and the Rotten Corpse

Protesting For Chicago’s Failed Education Future

Raising Minimum Wage Means More Jobs … For Technology

Video: Sirico and Severance on Pope Francis

Why Technocrats Should Stay Out Of Politics

Acton University: It’s All About Human Interaction