Monthly Archives: September 2016

The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Devil in the Ideology

I’ve been wondering why, if democracy is the finest form of government ever invented, in its current form it brings out the worst in us. In theory it shouldn’t be so. In theory, we should, in this election season, be … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ A Tale of Two Jihads

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Plumb Line of Grace

Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel. ~ Amos 7:8 One doesn’t have to be a builder to know there would be no building without levels, plumb lines, and squares. Certainly not something … Continue reading

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The Mindfulness of Our Labor

That was another world. We’re now seeing whole sectors of work disappearing from our world, and new ones needing to be created. We worry over the winners and losers in globalization, rightly so, and the effects on our politics, and … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Weiner Republic

                                                                                     The only solution is to expunge the parasites from our fiscal body.  These institutions and the people behind them should not exist.  Most if not all of our socio-political distress today could be cured if a “brave new world” … Continue reading

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