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The High-Stakes Showdown Over Medicare Reform
The trustees of the Medicare system recently reported that the program will go broke in the year 2024—five years sooner…
Author Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson
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The Global Energy Superpower
Saudi Arabia has long been the dominant producer of petroleum on the planet. Nature endowed the Arabian Peninsula with gigantic…
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Christian Charity and the Welfare State
One of the great privileges and duties of practicing Christians is to do charitable deeds. Virtually all Christians agree on…
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Inflation: Food, Fuel, and the Fed
As Americans increasingly feel the pinch of higher prices for food and fuel, the Federal Reserve’s QE2 policy of creating…
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Millionaires in America
Recently, CNN’s Money.com posted an article bearing the title, “U.S. Millionaires Population Expanded by 8 Percent in 2010.” According to…
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Christian Conservatives and Randians
According to a 1991 Book of the Month Club / Library of Congress survey that asked what book had most…
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How “Radical” is the Ryan Plan?
Question for those of you concerned about the size of federal debts and deficits: Would you endorse a plan which…
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Imperfect Justice in Snyder v. Phelps
On March 2, the Supreme Court issued a decision in the case Snyder v. Phelps that illustrates the difficulty of…
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Budget Tightening in Pennsylvania—and Around the Nation
Pennsylvania’s new governor, Tom Corbett, has submitted his first annual budget to the state legislature. It includes proposals for spending…
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A Tale of Two Union Disputes:
There are two high-profile labor disputes in the news these days. One involves Wisconsin’s public-school teachers; the other, the National…