Semi-Pelagian Economics: Cash for Clunkers, Rebates and Redemption
 
The two big stories on this morning’s news sites have to do with the Beer Summit at the White House and the extraordinary popularity of the Cash for Clunkers provision of the Stimulus Program.
 
As to the Beer Summit, as much or more is being said about the selected suds as racial reconciliation (including the lead story in our own Courier Times and a piece from the Chicago Sun-Times that asks “What Would Jesus Brew?”) Personally, I’m disappointed in the president’s choice of Bud Light, but will add no other pastoral comment.  Continue Reading »