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Month: January 2010

More on Healthcare: A Libertarian Speaks Well of the French System

  • Politics
January 14, 2010June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Readers of the libertarian magazine Reason were shocked recently to find that one of the editors of that magazine, Matt Welch, has spoken highly of the French health care system.  Mr. Welch is married to a French woman, and he […]

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My Long Awaited Healthcare Post (In the Form of a Book Notice)

  • Politics
January 12, 2010December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

T. R. Reid, The Healing of America:  a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care.  New York:  The Penguin Press, 2009. T. R. Reid is a correspondent for the Washington Post and a commentator on National Public Radio. […]

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I Saw This Poster at a Jewish Temple

  • Religion
January 5, 2010June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I was amused when I saw this poster at a Jewish temple nearby. I have seen the rise of so-called Christian Contemporary Music, the counterattack by Gen Xers such as Mark Joseph who charged that Christian Contemporary Music was a […]

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New Years Resolutions, Neuroscience, and What We Calvinists Knew All Along

  • Religion
January 1, 2010June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Greetings, beloved fans, and welcome to the decade of the teens, and farewell to the decade of the “aughts.”  Some of you are no doubt thinking about New Years’ resolutions.  For some of you your resolutions, no doubt, have to […]

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Why They Sometimes Call New Year’s Eve “Sylvester”

  • Miscellaneous
January 1, 2010June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

WHY THEY SOMETIMES CALL NEW YEAR’S EVE “SYLVESTER” If you go to a New Year’s Eve dinner or party in a continental European country – and for all I know, probably in Mexico and Latin America as well (I’ve never […]

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I was saddened to learn about the death last summer of the Evangelical Christian activist and author Ron Sider (1939–2022). I’ve always found his ideas thought-provoking and have agreed with him in somewhat unexpected ways: https://howardahmansonjr.com/2023/01/ronald-j-sider-1939-2022-on-a-most-conscientious-believer/

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Despite weaknesses and economic errors, Ron Sider was a true believer; he didn't care about being ‘trendy’, ‘cool’, or appealing to any establishment, whether the ‘woke’ establishment of our society or the bourgeois establishment of Evangelical churches: https://howardahmansonjr.com/2023/01/ronald-j-sider-1939-2022-on-a-most-conscientious-believer/

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Ronald J. Sider (1939-2022): On a Most Conscientious Believer: https://howardahmansonjr.com/2023/01/ronald-j-sider-1939-2022-on-a-most-conscientious-believer/

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