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I Want The Goat to Die!
“There is an old Russian fable, with different versions in other countries, about two poor peasants, Ivan and Boris. The only difference between them was that Boris had a goat and Ivan didn’t. One day, Ivan came upon a strange-looking … Continue reading
Economics and Morals
Economics is defined as “the study of the use of scarce resources which have alternative uses” (Definition by Lionel Robbins quoted by Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics, p. 2). “What does ‘scarce’ mean? It means that what everybody wants adds up … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Money, Wealth
Tagged 9/11, adverse selection, chaperoning, chicago, consequences and behavior, consequences and morals, cost of doing business in high crime areas, dating, deterent to investing, detroit, earthly consequence, economics defined, economy, enoch, ethics, fema, god is their belly, incentives, inner cities, insurance, job, lionel robbins, money, moral bonus, moral hazard, morale hazard, morals, nationalization of business, natural disasters, Noah, righteousness exalts a nation, risk, sub prime lending, the economist, thomas sowell, unstable governments, walk with God, webster dictionary, what if earthly consequences removed
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Wisdom for Worry/ Answers for Anxiety
The word “anxiety” word is from a Latin word meaning “to strangle.” The word “worry” is from an old English word meaning “to strangle.” Adam Clark indicates that the Biblical word, merimnao, can be used of “dividing or distracting the … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health, sermon on mount, Technology, Textual study, Weather
Tagged anxiety, ben carson, birds, copper, cubit to stature, dale carnegie, dead fish, famine, fear, gas mask, gettysburg, global cooling, global warming, gold, ice age, india exports food, ira stanphill, life magazine, lillies, Luke 12, machines take over jobs, mark twain, Mattthew 6, Mental Health, mercury, natural gas, newsweek, nothing to do learn water coloring, paul ehrlich, peter gwynne, petro, pollution, sermon on mount, shark attacks, song I know who holds tomorrow, the club of rome, thomas sowell, tin, tourist murders in florida, vitnam, walter williams, war stats, worry
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The Value of a Wife and Mom
It is no secret. Women typically earn less income than men. “For American women twenty-five and older who hold at least a bachelor’s degree and work full-time, the national median income is about $47,000. Similar men, meanwhile, make more than … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Marriage, Parables, Stats
Tagged career choices, educational choices, gender education comparisons, gender income inequality, gender wage disparity, hours worked, income gap, income inequality, job flexibility, married men v. single men incomes, pregnancy, rearing children, single women v. married women incomes, stephen dubner, steven levitt, the sacrifices of motherhood, thomas sowell, university of michigan law school, value of mom, value of wife, work interruption
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Justice
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902-1932. He understood that there were limits on human judges. He was once exhorted by Judge Learned Hand “Do justice, Sir, do justice.” Justice Holmes replied “That is … Continue reading
Posted in Judgment
Tagged ability, do justice or apply the law, God's judgement v. man's judgement, john steinbeck, judgement, justice, justice or apply law, learned hand, of mice and men, oliver wendell holmes jr., partiality, respect of persons, righteousness, rule of law, stewardship, thomas sowell
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