by E.O. | Aug 6, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“A tourist in New York’s Greenwich Village decided to have his portrait sketched by a sidewalk artist. He received a very fine sketch, for which he was charged $100. ‘That’s expensive,’ he said to the artist, ‘but I’ll pay it, because it is a great sketch. But,...
by E.O. | Aug 5, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“Making it illegal to pay less than a given amount does not make a worker’s productivity worth that amount—and, if it is not, that worker is unlikely to be employed. Yet minimum wage laws are almost always discussed politically in terms of the benefits they confer on...
by E.O. | Aug 4, 2025 | God's Sovereignty, Politics, Triumphal Entry
I had never heard the Romans did their own parade of power during Passover. This caused me to think that maybe Andrew Thayer was onto something. Maybe Jesus’ Palm Sunday entry was a kind of parody. But the more I thought about it the less likely Thayer’s idea seemed...
by E.O. | Aug 4, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
I voted for Donald Trump, knowing I would regret it, but only because I knew I would regret the Democratic choice even more. This is the state of politics in the U.S. today. We know it’s possible for a nation to do worse, but there is a heavy price for doing worse....
by E.O. | Aug 3, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“We are stewards of the lives that he has given us. An important implication of seeing our authority this way is the limit that it places on those who make choices for us when we cannot. At some point in our lives, many of us will be too sick or confused to make...
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