The Church’s “Public Option”

If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. . . . And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption […]

Trickle-Down Recession

Nobody should care what I think about economics (or anything for that matter) but I wondered recently about the following. Two competing economic philosophies are at loggerheads in our day.  One is the Keynesian model named after John Maynerd Keynes (1883-1946).  Keynes asserted that the burden for economic stimulus lay with the government.  The state must regulate interest rates and wages as well as create employment through infrastructure projects.  To […]

Did You Know?

You probaly know a “patron saint” is a person venerated by the Catholic church to provide special protection of a person, group or place.  You probably know that St. Nicholas (4th century bishop from whom our Americanized “Santa Claus” derives his legend) is the patron saint of children (in the West). But he’s also the patron saint of more causes than any other saint.  Did you know he is also […]