Supply Chain Silver Linings: What Sam Walton, Ronald Reagan, and the...
With the supply chain tangled, we have what may be a brief moment to consider its flaws without being blinded by the glare of its surface efficiencies.
School Consolidation and Slow Democracy
April in West Virginia smells like wild leeks: pungent and oniony. In the woods, their slim green leaves look like lilies of the valley,...
The Mosh-Pit of Philosophy, the Pedestal of Science, and a Plate...
Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of addressing the ISI Conference at Taylor University, “Whose Capitalism? Which Free Market? Exploring the Moral Dimensions of...
A Brief History of Time Wasted.
The Ninth Anniversary of 9/11/01; Three Squared Equals Zero in the New American Math.
The Midas Touch
Irving, TX. A friend of mine sent this to me. It is a modern morality play, if the term “modern morals” is not itself...
Nation at the Crossroads
RINGOES, NJ. The world is hunkered down. For some months now we have been holding our collective breath, waiting to see if the financial...
Benedict on Business: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Irving, Texas. Since its beginnings with Aristotle and Plato, the study of economics has always been regarded as a branch of philosophy, a colony...
Working with Words
A few years ago I dated a guy who seemed terrific. Nate (not his real name) was cute, smart, funny, and athletic. Oh, and...
Wes Jackson, Localism, and the Carbon-Based Community
A couple of days ago, I had the lucky opportunity to listen up close to Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute here in...
Christmas Wish ’09: Repelling the Martian Invasion
Christmas celebrates the birth of the Prince of Peace. With all of the clerical cheering on behalf of recent wars, the intertwining of cross and flag, and the blessings bestowed on every Commander in Chief by the leading evangelists of the day, it can be difficult to discern the testimony for peace by theologically conservative Christianity. It can be found with a little searching.