Giving thanks for economic miracles we don’t even see

November 28, 2024

Giving thanks for economic miracles we don’t even see

My pastor shared a story about Bob Pierce, the founder of World Vision, on a recent Sunday. Pierce, an international relief worker and Baptist minister, founded the Christian relief organization after witnessing Marxist horrors in China and Korea. I knew of Pierce’s work rebuilding schools, hospitals, and churches in war-torn Asia, but nothing about a […]

Gladiator II: This time, it’s hokey

On the subject of historical inaccuracies in his biopic Napoleon (2023), director Ridley Scott told the Times of London, “When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate were you there? No? Well, shut the f*** up then.’” It’s the kind of thing you get to say if you’re making Gladiator (2000), a truly masterful revenge fantasy draped […]

The 1620 Project: The importance of Thanksgiving as an American holiday

When a group of English men and women in the 17th century, fleeing religious persecution and living in exile in Holland, sought freedom and the chance at a better life, it is hard to imagine any of them believed they were changing the course of human civilization. Pursuing the opportunity for a better life, they […]

Donald Trump should take Scott Bessent’s advice

Centrally planned economies always fail. This was the case made by renowned hedge fund manager and future Donald Trump treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent in a June speech to the Manhattan Institute. Bessent disparaged the failed statist economic policies of Joe Biden, who had put central planning at “the heart” of his economic agenda. The resulting “calamity,” […]

Mexico is no friend of the United States

The best news about President-elect Donald Trump returning to office is that we will again have a president who treats Mexico with the hostility it deserves; because the Mexican government is not an ally of the United States. Whether Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico are worthwhile or not, with the increased costs to consumers and […]

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Harris infantilizes her constituents, again

Having lost to President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris has provided a good example of how to infantilize one’s constituents. For Harris’s first post-election appearance, the Democratic Party shared a video message clipped from a call she held with former running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). She reminded voters that they “have the same […]

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