Category Archives: Conservatism
A Biblical Perspective on Helping the Poor
My nephew-in-law, Chris Horst works for Hope International, a Christian based micro-finance and micro-lending organization. He lives in Denver, and has a WordPress blog site called Smorgasblurb, and I just noticed this recent post as being particularly good. It’s called Monthly … Continue reading
IndyMac Slap in Your Face!
A friend just sent me this link to a video and blog site (Think Big Work Small) that I found very informative. This video explains in plain, simple English how the government (FDIC) gave a sweetheart deal to a bank … Continue reading
Tim Tebow Super Bowl Commercial
Well there it was, aired within the first quarter of the Super Bowl, the much discussed, much criticized and maligned Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad. As I watched it, I kept waiting for the hatred, the insensitivity, the objectionable content … Continue reading
Cast Your Vote
I got up and went to my polling place this morning on Oak Park, Illinois, and cast my votes in the Republican Primary. I used one of the newer “computer” voting machines. I was voter #1 on my machine, in … Continue reading
Republican Revolution
I am thinking that if: You are a economic and social conservative You are concerned about the sad shape of politics and the economy in Illinois You have lost confidence in the Illinois Republican Party to actually be “the party … Continue reading
Cisco is back on WLS
Fellow Oak Parker and Calvary Memorial Church attender Cisco Cotto was recently employed at WIND 560 AM Talk Radio, where I would listen to him on the John and Cisco show in the mornings. Now he is back at WLS … Continue reading
Work to End Slavery
A group of friends have formed a Local Abolitionists group in Oak Park, Illinois, to fight slavery, human trafficking and the sex trade. More information can be found at LocalAbolitionists.org. Their next event is the showing of a film called … Continue reading
Can Christians be Capitalists?
I just listened to Jay W. Richards, author of Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem (HarperOne, 2009) give a talk at the American Enterprise Institute to a predominantly young evangelical Christian audience, addressing … Continue reading
American Enterprise Institute
I wanted to make a few more resources available if you are interested in conservatism, and conservative economics and politics, especially from an American Evangelical perspective. These resources come to me from my son Marshall, who is currently employed in … Continue reading
Government is not a corrective device
Last night riding home on the EL, I read this in Common Sense Economics, on page 83. Government is not a corrective device. People have a tendency to think of government, particularly a democratically elected government, as a corrective device. … Continue reading