Category: Aggregated

Christian Economics in One Lesson is my reworking of Henry Hazlitt’s classic introduction to economic thought, Economics in One Lesson. That book set the standard as an introductory economics book. Nothing has come close to replacing it ever since it was first published in 1946. Why do I believe it is necessary to replace a classic? There are several reasons. First and foremost, it was written in 1946. A lot has happened since then, including the publication of Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action (1949). Second, it was written under a strict deadline. Hazlitt had been given a six-week leave of absence, … Continue reading →

The beguiling nature of beauty – shifting and subjective, yet undeniably potent – has inspired perhaps the majority of art in human history. As the new exhibition, Defining Beauty: the Body in Ancient Greek Art, opens at the British Museum, we look at 10 key artworks around the world that deal with bodily beauty. EGYPT – The bust of Nefertiti by Thutmose (1345 BC) “We held the most lively piece of Egyptian art in our hands,” wrote the enraptured German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt in his diary, after discovering the bust of Nefertiti along the banks of the Nile in 1912. It … Continue reading →

The prosecutor at Matthew Townsend’s March 19 preliminary hearing appeared to be auditioning for a Daytime Emmy. Her subsequent performance, and that of her colleagues, may be sufficient to earn a criminal contempt charge. Townsend, who is active in the Cop Watch (or police accountability)  movement,was arrested without cause on February 2nd in Meridian, Idaho for the supposed offense of walking away from a cop who wouldn’t charge him with an actual crime. On the eve of his hearing he protested that mistreatment in a Facebook post promising a “shame campaign” against his kidnapper, Officer Richard Brockbank of the Meridian … Continue reading →