The Bahnsen Viewpoint

Roman Catholics the Heirs of the Reformation?

DLB — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:11:04 +0000

No, I don’t really think what the title says, but I am tempted when I read articles like this one from my friends at Christianity Today. Truthfully, I usually find reading that magazine to be like going to the dentist (though even at the dentist I always find something better to read), but because this [...]

A Trip Around the Horn – Fannie, GM, and that Peaceful Religion at Ground Zero

DLB — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:25:31 +0000

A random trip around the horn makes for a fun blog, but not if every spot I stop at around the horn leaves me disgusted. Such is the case today. In Washington D.C. policymakers argued this week that the way to fix the largest debacle in the history of the United States Treasury (Fannie and Freddie) [...]

To Change the World

DLB — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:47:42 +0000

There is no subject that invokes as much passion in me as that of a Christian’s interaction with culture. I was raised to believe that “God is in the universe business” (thank you, dad), and I spend the bulk of my extra-curricular time exploring ways that men and women of the Christian faith may have [...]

The Republican Party and Our Last Best Hope

DLB — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:14:59 +0000

It has become extremely trendy in certain circles that I either am involved with (or can see just over the fence) to blast the GOP for its recent sins, and even more so, to cynically doubt the impact the party will end up having in the present conflict. There is so much validity to much [...]

“Fidelity: Ethics in Unethical Times” Hits the Shelves

DLB — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:25:51 +0000

I am very excited to report that the inaugural issue of Fidelity: Ethics in Unethical Times is now available, a hard-hitting journal in the field of cultural and moral thought from the Center for Cultural Leadership. Yours truly (that’s me) has a chapter in the journal entitled Economic Unethics. But don’t let that dissuade you – there [...]

The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy

DLB — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:14:55 +0000

Only a few of the books I have read and reviewed for this series have been written by people that I suspect are not particularly intelligent. Many have been authored by men who possess very different economic worldviews than mine, and nearly all have drawn some conclusions in the process that are different from my [...]

The End of Wall Street

DLB — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:18:37 +0000

Roger Lowenstein’s When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management is one of the best books I have ever read about the history of modern finance. So, when I saw that Lowenstein had joined the list of authors chiming on the financial crisis of 2008, I was quite excited. Unlike some highly [...]

Your Brokerage Statement Tells You if Obama Will Get Re-Elected

DLB — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:41:24 +0000

Do Presidents cause the stock market to go up or down, OR do stock markets cause Presidents to win or lose elections? Actually, I suppose both things are true, but this blog will focus on the latter. There is no better leading indicator for what party/candidate will win an election than the performance of the [...]

Broken Window Economics Hits LeBron James too!! ??

DLB — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:56:32 +0000

I just heard some well-meaning but intellectually-challenged sports agent named David Falk on CNBC address the free agency of LeBron James and the huge media buzz that his decision is creating (meaning, the decision as to whether or not he will re-sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers, or instead, as is expected, go out of town [...]

The Financial Regulation Fraud

DLB — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:02:29 +0000

I am not done commenting on this fraud being perpetrated on the American people foolishly called the “Financial Regulation Bill”. They ought to call it the “Damage the Flow of Capital Bill”, because there are some leftists supporting this atrocity that would not even object, and additionally, it is honest. But let me make a couple [...]