The Wandering Heretic

And don’t think I am protected since I don’t live in Canada. After all, Mark Stein is living in America and he was charged via the Canadian Human Rights Commission with publishing “hate speech” in a Canadian magazine. Also, many Canadians are being charged even if Americans post supposedly “hate filled” comments on [...]

(For the record, the church I discuss below is not where where my daughter graduated. In case this institution wishes to punish those who homeshool within their walls based on this post, please note that I do not attend there. We merely had some friends who graduated on the day discussed and we [...]

Somewhere along the path of Ohio legislative sausage-making, House Bill 333 was transformed into House Bill 545. HB545 (ne. HB333) was the legislation I wrote extensively about that limited the interest rates that could be charged by Payday Lenders in the State of Ohio. The bill was signed into Law on June 2, 2008 by [...]

Solid Gold? Read below if you are too young to get the joke.

In my mental exercise or excursus into the benefits of the Christian/Enlightenment dichotomic dance that buttresses the American Experience, I listed several witnesses of the dangers a divorce between the two influences engenders. My first draft of that post had six instances; the final version—if for nothing other than length—had four. I now [...]

I am going to make a historic/philosophical proposition that is generalized beyond the bounds of forgiveness. That scope will not make it less true, however. Freedom as a political reality was brought about by the turbulent marriage of Reformation Christianity and the Enlightenment. On its own, Christianity made a great deal of [...]

I am proposing my final solution for the Payday Lenders. This is not to say what I propose here is the best solution or even the most practical. I am only saying that this will be my final posting on HB 333. I have other topics awaiting my attention.
However, I must say [...]

In the episode of the television series, M*A*S*H entitled Dear Sigmund, a bomber pilot is in the 4077 for a minor wound. He brags about how easy the war is for him, as he just flies above his targets, drops his load, and goes back to his base. Not one to allow this [...]

The issue of Payday Lenders is the latest “social concern” of Ohio area pastors. As I have noted already, they are behind current proposed legislation (HB 333) to limit such lenders to a 36 APR rate on short term loans. My previous essay noted that the Bible does not lend its support to [...]

In my last post, I discussed how area pastors are preaching for legislation to limit interest earned by Payday Lending business. Using images of greedy businesses that prey on the poor, the congregations are urged to write their State congressmen to support HB 333, the Responsible Lending Bill. As shown previously, the government’s [...]