By Flavia Krause-Jackson and Lorenzo Totaro (Bloomberg) | Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Pope Benedict XVI was the first to predict the crisis in the global financial system, a “prophecy” dating to a paper he wrote when he was a cardinal, Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti said. “The...

By Ammon Nelson. WEST VALLEY CITY, UT | 3 September 2008 | The recent gas price hikes have brought out an interesting phenomenon in some religious communities as attendance in church on Sunday has reportedly dwindled.  Some may use this as yet another reason why the government must do something to “fix”...

TAYLORSVILLE, UT | 27 August 2008 | It is a fundamental necessity in any free society that both the government and the people recognize that the proper role of government is protector of human rights, not grantor of those rights. God is the author of prosperity. Human rights spring from the prosperity...

HIGHLAND, UT | 21 August 2008 | Pop quiz! What do William F. Buckley, Tom Lantos, Charlton Heston, Tim Russert, Jesse Helms, Tony Snow, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn have in common? If you’re paying any attention of to the news this year, you would recognize at least a couple of these names on the...

TAYLORSVILLE, UT | 12 August 2008 | As the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on Iraq’s stockpile of resources, outrage erupted on the Senate floor. And that outrage will most likely spill over into the minds and hearts of many Americans. The reason for the outrage—while...

HIGHLAND, UT | 23 July 2008| One of the hottest topics in the marketplace of ideas is America’s growing concern with energy. Many say that oil production peaked in 2005 and will soon dry up. Others say that petroleum based internal combustion engines, though not very efficient, are here to stay....

SALT LAKE CITY, UT | 15 July 2008| Obamacons vs. Hillraisers. No, it’s not the title of another Transformers movie. It’s a new set of camps that have come up out of the carnage that is this year’s election. And, neither group is quite what you would expect when you consider typical party politics.Reaching...

HIGHLAND, UT | 4 July 2008 | Ah! The Fourth of July! That great mid-summer holiday. Full of parades and beauty pageants, fireworks, barbecues, 10k races, pancake breakfasts in the park, and flag raising ceremonies. This is what this holiday is all about, right? Oh, and thinking about the signing of the...

HIGHLAND, UT | 30 April 2008| Life on planet Earth is fraught with danger. All things and all people living upon the face thereof are mortal and therefore susceptible to death. There are many things that can kill a human being. But until John Bonifield of CNN.com reported on the disease of “lack...

HIGHLAND, UT | 1 April 2008 | Economic policy is often shaped by the emergencies of the day. As far back as the Civil War (1863), our current policy situation began to take shape. This is followed by several others through America’s history until we stand today, faced with the Federal Reserve possibly...