Episode 39: Suddenly it's Christmas

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The Christmas season is upon us. Have you ever stopped to consider how important it is to the US economy? It's downright scary how many businesses would go completely bankrupt if Christmas were to be cancelled for a year or two. And people ask whether it's become "too commercial"...

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Episode 38: Did the French Provoke the Riots?

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France is into week three of riots by Muslim youths, and showing no signs of stopping it. They are, however, bending over backwards to tell the world that the riots have NOTHING to do with Islam! Where is Europe headed? Is jihad going to set up the nation of Eurostan?

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Episode 37: France in Flames--What's Next

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France is into week three of riots by Muslim youths, and showing no signs of stopping it. They are, however, bending over backwards to tell the world that the riots have NOTHING to do with Islam! Where is Europe headed? Is jihad going to set up the nation of Eurostan?

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Episode 36: Broken Windows and World Trade Centers

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Do disasters bring economic benefits? Today folks claim that hurricane Katrina will create jobs in the south. In 2001, we heard how rebuilding NY after 9/11 would benefit the economy. Is that really possible? If disasters are so good for the economy, why wait for hurricanes? Why not flatten NY city, and reap the ensuing benefits?

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Episode 35: How Does Democracy Promote War?

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Doesn’t democracy promote peace? Isn’t that why we have a United Nations? Yet Revelation describes democracy as “unclean spirits like frogs... to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty” [Rev 16:13-14]. The current Iraq war gives part of the answer: democratic nations seem inclined to go to war to spread democracy. Socialist nations are just as willing to go to war to promote their ideology. It almost makes you miss the days that kings went to war because they held grudges against their cousin ruling some other country!

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Episode 34: The Ethics of Drowning Yourself

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Do we have a moral obligation to jump in a flooded river after a child in distress? What if we can’t swim, so we know we’ll drown in the attempt? The Army Corps of Engineers says, "reach, row, throw--don't go!" Going after a swimmer in trouble, unless you're a trained rescuer, won't help and will probably force rescuers to go after you as well. Someone should tell that to the jury in Claysburgh Pennsylvania that convicted Susan Newkirk of endangering the welfare of a child and sentenced her to 18 months in prison.

Meanwhile, what about the ethics of stealing, if you’re starving to death? In what I hope is the final word in the long-running discussion with Dan in Florida, we discuss the full implications of the Bible proverb that says, “Men don’t despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he’s hungry--but, if he’s caught, he will suffer the consequences.”

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Episode 33: Democracy--The God that Failed

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Today we look at an essay by Hans Hoppe, summarizing his book Democracy: The God that Failed.

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