Monthly Archives: August 2009
The Trinity Revisited: On Coequality
“Coexistent, coequal, coeternal.” These are the three adjectives typically used to describe the persons of the trinity. The Athanasian creed has given Christianity a fear complex when describing the trinity: it is the creed that deals most explicitly with the idea of the trinity, but also the only ecumenical creed with explicit anathemas. Thus, the trinity, like few other concepts in Christianity, is considered “untouchable” – a sacred cow of the Church…For Sensible Deregulation: Why We Need Net Neutrality (for now)
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Soviet Union was in trouble. It had been on a protracted economic slide for many years, and showed no sign of lifting. Mikhael Gorbachev, leader at the time, fancied himself a reformer, and went on a spree of deregulation and privatization. But coming from such a regulated environment, the sweeps of deregulation were not – and could not be – total. People were free to do things they were not before, but the perverse incentives still existed. The house of regulatory cards collapsed…Attitude To Business: A Call to Consumer Activism
We Libertarians and free market types very often allow ourselves to be defined by our opponents. Oppose regulation, they insinuate, and you are therefore in favor of all the dirty and devious practices a business might engage in. I’ve met more than a few who actually are. But opposition to regulation does not have to [...]