The idea behind Medicare for All is appealing in its simplicity: guarantee health care coverage to every American and have the federal government pay the bills. But providing universal coverage and creating a single government-run health insurance system are not the same thing. The practical problems begin when we ask the most important question: How…
Who is the working class. We hear the phrase all the time from politicians. Some say they are supported and some say they are not, but what’s the facts? Who truly represents working-class Americans? Politicians across the political spectrum claim they do. But in a representative republic, that claim should be measured by evidence—not simply…
People often ask why I spent years researching and writing my historical novel after publishing books on biblical studies, theology, and marketing. The answer begins long before I ever sat down at a keyboard. It begins with a family. All of my grandparents and great-grandparents had died before I was born. I never had the…
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” — James Madison, Federalist No. 47 Every generation of Americans has debated how government should solve the nation’s problems. The Democratic Socialists of America propose something far more ambitious—not merely new policies, but…
Few words in modern politics are used more often—and understood less—than capitalism. To many politicians and commentators today, capitalism has become synonymous with greed, exploitation, corporate power, and inequality. Progressive politicians such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Bernie Sanders, and others frequently describe capitalism as a system that primarily enriches the wealthy while leaving ordinary…
“If socialists understood economics, they wouldn’t be socialists.” Friedrich A. Hayek, recipient of the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Daily Life Under Economic Failures What does socialism actually do to ordinary life? That question matters because socialism is often discussed in America in abstract and idealistic terms. It is presented as compassionate, fair,…
Fair Share or Fair Logic? Few political phrases are repeated more often than the claim that billionaires should “pay their fair share.” It sounds reasonable on the surface. After all, if someone earns vastly more money than the average American, shouldn’t they contribute more? The reality is that America’s tax system already requires high-income earners…
Science Finds a Creator Modern science has uncovered something astonishing about the universe: life exists only because countless features of reality are balanced with extraordinary precision. If even tiny aspects of the universe were slightly different, stars would not form, chemistry would collapse, planets could not exist, and life would be impossible. This discovery has…