The vast majority of my time is spent reading or writing. Someone just suggested I tell about the books I’ve read so far this year. (I’d love to tell about the articles, too, but they’re far too many—typically a dozen or two a day, five or six days a week.) Perhaps others will be inspired to read some of them, too. So, here goes, in no particular order—which reflects my typical reading habits: Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is, by Michael Novak and Paul Adams, an excellent study of the … [Read more...]
Have You Thanked God for the Free Market?
As you reflect on the blessings God has given you this Thanksgiving, I’d like to invite you to thank Him for something many of us take for granted: the free-market economy. Most of the world has never had it, and in countries like ours, it is under siege. From the early twentieth century to about a generation ago, the great threat to it was Communism. That brutal experiment, however, clearly failed. But that didn’t leave our liberties secure. The newer threat is the environmental … [Read more...]
