I hate this post modern syncretic civil religion.

Psalm 135 15  The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 16  They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; 17  they have ears, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths. 18  Those…
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Looking back… looking back.

I lost my old blog in March of last year. Fortunately, there is the wayback machine -- which to my horror, has preserved my thoughts back to 2005, so from Bright and Shiny Thinking, and from Feb. 2008 I was able to pull this back.

I was born in…

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It’s the economy 1

When you look at the economy it is important to discount the surface storms and look at long term trends. The stock market goes up and down. Interest rates are down, but real inflation is up. It is better to look for signs that deleveraging is finishing and… Read More