Here are four articles/posts from this week that you should read. These are the best of the best of what I’ve read in the areas of politics, economics, Christianity, and leadership:
Tag Archive: New York Times
Weekend Reads – June 11, 2011
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Unequal Doesn’t Mean Unfair
I’ve been thinking about this whole debate about income inequality for a little bit. The whole debate over whether or not to tax the rich more to slow the rate of growth of the income gap seems a little bit unnecessary to me. The basic question of the debate should be: Is it bad to have a gap between the rich and the middle class, and between the middle class and the poor?
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2012 Update: Mitch Daniels
There’s been more and more buzz in political circles about Mitch Daniels recently, as Republicans try to find someone that can offer a solid alternative to President Obama in the 2012 election. I think this is primarily due to the fact that Republicans in general have soured to the candidates already assumed to be frontrunners in the race (Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, etc.). It seems like these candidates have been disqualified by Republican voters (or at least the media) for one thing or another:
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ObamaCare Death Panels?
I was reading in the New York Times today an article entitled “Obama to Enact End-of-Life Plan that Caused Stir.” Do you remember when ObamaCare (rather, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was being debated, and there was this big kerfuffle about “death panels”?
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Blog of the Month: Best of the Web Today
I’ve been reading “Best of the Web Today” for several years now. If you want something that’s informative but at the same time snarky, snide, sarcastic and elitist, then this is the blog for you. It’s written by James Taranto, the editor of OpinionJournal.com (part of the Wall Street Journal–I know, I just lost half of you for saying that).
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