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The blog is meant for educational/entertainment purposes. All material can be used and reproduced in any length for any purpose as long as I am cited as the source.

John Eldredge “sometimes I like writing nonsense”

Posted on September 16, 2012 by christopher fisher

“As with every relationship, there’s a certain amount of unpredictability, and the ever-present likelihood that you’ll get hurt. The ultimate risk anyone ever takes is to love, for as C. S. Lewis says, “Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.” But God does give it, again and again and again, until he is literally bleeding from it all. God’s willingness to risk is just astounding—far beyond what any of us would do were we in his position.” Continue reading →

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on solar power

Posted on August 9, 2012 by christopher fisher

Now who would you think said this: Solar subsidies are a placebo which is giving the general public a sense of security about our energy future and is robbing the motivation of those entrepreneurs that could actually address our energy … Continue reading →

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democracy does not give voice

Posted on July 26, 2012 by christopher fisher

As in a real democracy, my vote counts for nothing–the group always decides what it decides irrespective of my vote. By working in a “workplace democracy”, I have simply traded a one-headed boss for a many-headed boss… individual political liberty does not make individuals more autonomous or in control in any meaningful sense. Continue reading →

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ww2 did not save america from the great depression

Posted on July 17, 2012 by christopher fisher

Rationing, building war machines, young men being forced out of the workforce to other countries just to die in battle. These do not lend themselves to a feeling of prosperity. Apparently, though, common sense is not common. This paper reviews journals and other contemporary sources to confirm what should be obvious: war does not cause prosperity. Continue reading →

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jewish heroes stand up against fascist

Posted on July 17, 2012 by christopher fisher

With America’s own flirting with fascism, it is ironic that it was four Jewish men who brought down a key piece of FDR’s controls, the first New Deal. Steve Horwitz details the story of the Schechter brothers, butchers from NY that refused to violate kosher laws to conform with the New Deal Continue reading →

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invisible progress

Posted on July 14, 2012 by christopher fisher

We live in a amazing world. Continue reading →

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stitching clothes together is poverty

Posted on July 14, 2012 by christopher fisher

If you are still not convinced that our policymakers’ objections are inane, consider this: As our U.S. athletes march around the track at London’s Olympic stadium wearing their Chinese-made uniforms and waving their Chinese-made American flags, the Chinese athletes will have arrived in London by U.S.-made aircraft, been trained on U.S.-designed and -engineered equipment, wearing U.S.-designed and -engineered footwear, having perfected their skills using U.S.-created technology. Continue reading →

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on the rapid expansion of Christianity in the first century

Posted on June 14, 2012 by christopher fisher

First, the movement spread with impressive speed: within 10 years of the death of Jesus, there were communities of believers in Judaea, Samaria, and Syria (Acts 1-11); in 15 years, communities could be found in Asia Minor (Acts 14); in 20 years, through Asia Minor and into Greece (Acts 16-18); and in 25 years, in the capital city of Rome (Acts 28:14)-with ambitions to spread the movement also to Spain.16 Such rapidity of expansion is the more impressive when it is remembered that the evidence for the movement’s spread concerns the existence of ekklesiai (associations, gatherings, communities) and not simply the conversion of individuals. Continue reading →

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the great depression did not end till after world war 2

Posted on June 1, 2012 by christopher fisher

It was not until 1947, when wartime economic controls were ended and government spending and employments levels fell dramatically, that prosperity was restored. Federal government expenditures fell from $98.4 billion in 1945 to $33 billion by 1948, the first year of genuine recovery. Keynesian economists expected a two-thirds reduction in government spending to lead to another depression, but they were dead wrong… Private sector production increased by almost one-third in 1946 alone, as private investment boomed for the first time in eighteen years. Continue reading →

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the hatred of children

Posted on May 20, 2012 by christopher fisher

My wife and I were talking the other day. She mentioned the point at which people start looking at your strangely is when you have more than 3 children… The lastest example of the left’s hate is directed at a man with 30 children, Desmond Hatchett. Continue reading →

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