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Individual Responsibility in Ezekiel

  • Culture,
  • Religion
September 11, 2020September 1, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The heresy of ‘critical theory’ has revived ideas of guilt inherited by, or inherent in, groups, such as genders, races, or economic classes.  The Prophet Ezekiel has some choice things to say about all this.  In our time there is […]

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Does the Working Class Think It Can’t ‘Afford’ to Raise Their Children in a Christian Environment Any More?

  • Culture,
  • Religion
April 9, 2020May 27, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In recent years we have heard how Christianity, and even Pentecostalism, seem to be losing their grip on the working classes, at least in white American communities.  Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone, Charles Murray, who wrote Coming Apart, and […]

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The Sin of Entitlement

  • Religion
August 22, 2018January 4, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Early in my Christian life I was struck by a fascinating quote in C. S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letter #21.  On the sin of peevishness, he wrote, Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.  And […]

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Two Dilemmas Urbanists and Housing Advocates have to Face

  • California
March 6, 2018August 27, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

First, we often have two inconsistent objectives.  The first is good housing for all and ownership for many. The second is that home ownership should be a ‘wealth builder’ for those who achieve it.  You can’t have it both ways. […]

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On Feeling Guilty for Ordering Stuff Online

  • Culture
June 16, 2017August 27, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I like ordering things online and not having to hunt for them in stores.  And sometimes the alternative is being eliminated.  Just like paying cash or taking public transit, live stores, especially bookstores, are disappearing.  There is only one major […]

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How Employers Impose Their Own ‘Growth Boundaries’

  • Culture
February 10, 2017June 7, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

There has been a lot of publicity about how the imposition of ‘growth boundaries’ on metropolitan areas often succeeds mainly in driving up the price of land within the boundaries.  But companies and employers often impose their own ‘growth boundaries’ […]

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Michael Lind:  Can You Restrict Immigration Without Alienating Recent Immigrants?

  • Politics
December 6, 2016December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Michael Lind is one of the most perceptive political and social observers of our time.  He ‘scooped’ the Trump revolution, as I have said, before Trump even declared himself a candidate.  And he has continued to be as perceptive. But […]

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The Working Class Might be Shooting Itself in the Foot by Being Anti-Free Trade

  • Economics
March 21, 2016August 27, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

One of the explanations of the rise of Donald Trump is the concern by his working class followers about free trade, as well as immigration.  After thinking of just how and where their standard of living is declining, I wonder […]

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Edward Kleinbard Says, Don’t Soak the Few and the Rich

  • Politics
December 22, 2014July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Edward Kleinbard, a professor at the University of Southern California, has pointed out that despite and in the face of extreme income inequality, not only is America’s tax system fairly ‘progressive’, its spending is fairly progressive in that the less […]

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June Gloom All Year Round

  • California
March 24, 2014July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Joel Kotkin has got a post up, partially entitled, “Coastal Cities are Old News – It’s the Sunbelt that’s Booming.”  In it, he declares, “people seem to, once again, be streaming toward the expanse of warm-weather states extending from the […]

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