politics
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In the United States we have two politics. Competitive Politics The first, I’ll call “Competitive Politics,” is the two-party system of pugilism, evidenced by our incessant competitive metaphors. We talk about horse races, boxing matches, and football. So outdated is this vision of politics, that we even use war metaphors as evidence of only two…
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I was sitting in Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago and some book title I can no longer remember caught my eye. It made me think of this question: what if China fails? It got me thinking. What if the Chinese economy collapsed today? What would it mean for all of us here? This…
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After the hoopla over the debt ceiling is now officially over and there couldn’t be any adverse effects on the poor, but thank goodness the armageddon that we imposed on ourselves and then averted–good work, Superman!–is no longer a threat, we can go onto other stuff: like petty politics! If you just can’t get enough,…
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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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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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Power to the People “Turn it up! Turn it up! Power to the people, y’all!” –Public Enemy, Power to the People By now you have heard of the class-action suit against Wal-Mart and this week’s decision by the Supreme Court to throw out the case. The case made news in two very important ways. First,…