Culture
What’s going on, who we are, and what the big deal is.
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The self-imposed debt limit
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3 min read
Imagine that you have about $35,000 in available credit. You’ve taken a Dave Ramsey course and have reduced your debt to under $10,000. You give yourself some room to maneuver, imposing on yourself a $15,000 limit because you don’t want to get yourself in trouble again as you try to bring that number down. But…
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The Two Simple Solutions
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4 min read
One of the tragedies of the passing of the modern age was its perceived simplicity. There were facts and we knew them. And if we didn’t know them, then we could discover them. And even though we can intellectually understand complexity in the postmodern age, we haven’t truly grappled with an important revealed truth: for…
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Flying: how change came before you noticed it
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3 min read
Remember the old image of flying in an airplane? The smoky cabin, everyone dressed in suits, the stewardesses pretty and amiable. Everything with the nostalgic sheen of an episode of Mad Men. Flying was the purview of the wealthy and the hardworking. It wasn’t for the common man. Of course, those that fly routinely know…
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Chasing Amy—still teaching what love is about
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3 min read
Over the years, I collected quite a few movie posters, but I only have one left. It sits in my home office: the original poster from Chasing Amy that my friend, Binky brought back on a plane from a trip out to LA while we were in college. I like that it has a few…
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Household Budgets–politics style
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1 min read
Earlier, I made the case that you can’t really compare the federal budget to your personal budget, because it is too simple. Matt Bors makes the case that maybe it really is pretty simple, after all… [NOTE: Don’t be afraid to click the second link; it’s just a cartoon.]
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In abuse, sex is the weapon, power is the cause
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3 min read
The sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church has caused a great deal of speculation and fighting–ideological, political, theological–and all (theoretically) for the betterment of the church. A new study, which I expect to do little to squash the fighting and speculating, attempts to make good PR for the Roman church by countering the…