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I browsed over to CNN and took a look at the summary of a couple of articles.
“Michael Gates Gill enjoys making lattes and cleaning toilets”

You know… I’m suddenly not really in the mood for a latte. Note to self - no Mr. Gill latte’s
Sen. McCain: We need to spend money to create jobs, but not [...]

I can’t say how many clients, colleagues, friends, and random people on the streets I’ve heard saying they are planning to attend the inauguration. I found this picture on the right of the DC mall during the “March for Women’s Lives”… no one has ever heard of that, so go ahead and multiply that crowd [...]

My wife has held before me the challenge and moral dilemma of reconciling Libertarian views with the issue of abortion. It is true, you will find many Libertarians who extend the right of personal liberty to “a woman’s right to choose.” However, I contest that Libertarian ideology is wholly in-line with the pro-life stance.
Libertarian ideology [...]

Let’s modify our last exercise and move from a one time trade, into an ongoing series of trades. (please note I have no idea about birth rates and growth of baby animals, so correct me if you know)
John still raises chickens and he still wishes to eat steak. Likewise Bill still raises cows and wishes [...]

John raises chickens. He has 4 chickens, but he wishes to eat steak.

Bill raises cows. He has 3 cows, but wishes to eat chicken. 
John offers 2 chickens for 2 cows. Bill refuses as he would have 1 cow left - he needs 2 to reproduce. Bill offers 1 cow for 1 chicken.
Analysis. 
In part 2 we [...]

Our nation is expanded to 2…
The most basic trade
John raises chickens. He has chickens, but he wishes to eat steak.
Bill raises cows. He has cows, but wishes to eat chicken. 
John trades 1 chicken to Bill for 1 cow. 
This is the most basic economic transaction. Both had a surplus of goods they were willing to trade [...]

In order to understand economics, it is helpful to think on a small scale. I’m hoping to build simple modelfor all to understand. I will build upon this model and I encourage feedback, why, and what-if questions. I make no claim to having economic authority so this is for me as much as anything else. [...]

This is titled part 2b, as my friend Chris Waner has written parts 1 and 2 on his blog The Free Exchange. Read his article “Government Employment” here. To summarize, Government cannot create wealth, it cannot create new jobs. 
one of the great myths about government is that it can employ people for the betterment of the economy [...]

The Chicago Tribute reports: Old rivals Obama, McCain discuss working together.
“Obama’s transition staff released a joint statement, describing the meeting as a “productive conversation” that opened the possibility for cooperation in the days and months ahead.”
…Just in case there were any doubts that McCain and Obama shared identical priorities and offered voters no choices.
Obama has [...]

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
Since the election the talk of the Christian blogosphere has been a reminder and call to submit to authorities as the Bible tells us in Romans 13. Any [...]