Last weekend, my family ate breakfast at the Mother’s Market & Kitchen near our house. My wife’s diet has become increasingly organic – which is to say that my diet has become increasingly organic (for the better! thank you, dear!) –… Continue Reading
The late preeminent liberal economist John Kenneth Galbraith once complained in The Affluent Society that where Democrats once stood for an issue of great importance in emphasizing production, they lost that issue by misunderstanding why production was important. For Galbraith,… Continue Reading
Andrew Sullivan’s recent apologia—or, perhaps, obituary—of conservatism makes at least one very good point: Modern conservatism has painted itself into a corner. Concerning the poor and uninsured, for example, Mr. Sullivan rightly observes that “in a society that won’t let… Continue Reading
I found this post from Adam Ozimek interesting, explaining why drastically increasing wages has consequences that are, even if unintended, not unpredictable. The response at Democracy in America complains that Mr. Ozimek’s post “doesn’t seem to be taking [the higher-wage… Continue Reading
The Public Religion Research Institute finds that most Americans are unable to comport capitalism with Christianity: Jamelle Bouie nods in agreement: As it happens, they are absolutely correct; the Gospels are incredibly short on issues we associate with modern "values… Continue Reading
In a previous post drawing the distinction between procedural and substantive justice, I noted my objection to the idea that procedural fairness ought to be subverted in order to guarantee predetermined outcomes. However—and although I predicted that most Americans would… Continue Reading