Economic Parables

Also at: http://www.cfcbe.com/2012/09/24/the-new-fashion-for-market-atheism/

This economy is not just a bad time economically; it is a crisis about Capitalism. There is a new fashion for market atheism. The market doesn’t work, Capitalism is bad! There is more than a hint of wistful nostalgia for Communism. We...

There are widespread reports across America that voters are suffering from a newly discovered sleep disorder called INROMNEYA. Symptoms are that folks cannot sleep at night for fear that President Obama will win another four years, but Governor Romney is not doing enough to help voters feel rest assured that he will win office and introduce real change.

INROMNEYA is derived from the Latin “Romnus”, the name of th...

By David Cowan

We know that the Bluffet rule is a motif for President’s class warfare, and more warning shots will be fired when Congress returns today from a two-week recess to a test vote on the rule, which would impose a minimum 30 percent tax rate on income over $1 million. The Bluffett tax targets wealthier Americans’ investments rather than salaries...

So, Newt has launched an attack ad on Mitt, and no doubt the Democrats are watching with glee.  There are no doubt worries that attack ads damage the Republican Party, just as many worry that American politics is too divisive. Does all the “infighting” damage Republican chances?

Well, no.

Attack ads are part of politics. Politics is divisive. This is because folks disagree, and they rightly disagree on imp...

By David Cowan

There will only be one American running for president in 2012, and I am not talking about President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

The 2012 election is in effect a Referendum on American Capitalism. If the Republicans choose Mitt Romney, as they surely must, he will represent American Cap...

By David Cowan

Iowa is upon us. 2012 is upon us. How will it all end? It may just all end in tears. Tears because Obama wins, or tears because the GOP did not offer a viable alternative. Whatever happens, one thing is for sure: this is a time to standup for conservative principles.

These days it seems Captain America has been overpowered by MalaiseMan. President Obama is MalaiseMan. He told a fundraiser on Tuesday, October 25 that America is in decline, which is the central theme of his presidency. People are buying it too, which is what the Occupy Wall Street movement and Tea Party are symptoms of; they are two sides of a coin that says America is in decline. Where one is defeatist, the other is defiant.

Christians are involved in politics. For some this is a matter of controversy, while for others it is an essential part of how they understand discipleship. Many of us are excited by politics, and have allegiances to parties and policies. As individuals we should participate in the political process. But, what does this mean? What should guide us? What should church institutions do politically?

This morning I looked out my kitchen window waiting for the kettle to boil water for my first coffee of the day. The house overlooks our small town, and it was shrouded in the most majestic mist. It looked so wonderful. In such moments you can only stand in awe at the beauty of creation.

This house, this view of nature was bought during the good times. Today is a struggle to ...

I live in hope that the age of vacuous celebrity will end soon, but until it does we have to put up with a tsunami of trivialization emanating from the mouths of people who are best left to reading a script and playing at being intelligent rather than trying to convince us they are. Off script and undirected they have a tendency to talk complete and utter nonsense, as the late plumber Thomas Crapper used to say.