welcome to multiple strands

a place to converse, virtually, on a variety of topics, bringing together multiple strands to encourage, question, challenge, ponder, and edify. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. (Eccl. 4.12)

Sunday, April 26, 2009

As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God

Another interesting read. His conclusion is correct: Africa needs God ... but then so does all the world, including the United States! As the subtitled reads: "Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa's biggest problem - the crushing passivity of the people's mindset"

A crisis of ethic proportions

John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, wrote an insightful editorial in the Wall Street Journal titled A crisis of ethic proportions. It is a very interesting read, in regards to the cause of the economic crisis. While I disagree with Mr. Bogle’s conclusion, it is still a worthwhile analysis. A “fiduciary society” only becomes possible in a culture with an absolute, rather than relative, moral underpinning. Our shift from modernism to post-modernism works against this moral standard.

Here comes (hyper) inflation?

Wow, take a look at this research, published by the Federal Reserve itself: Economic Research - Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis. If that does not take your breath away, adjust the chart to look at "Percent Change" or "Compounded Annual Rate of Change". It sure seems that someone is playing loose and free with the United States monetary policy, and that inflation will have to be the natural consequence.