by Rick Koerber | Oct 27, 2008 | Rick's Blog
This past week a Facebook friend of mine, Ruble Fisher, wrote on my Facebook wall the following critique of my oft repeated observation that “God is a Capitalist.” Rick, you definitely have not forgotten to suggest that God is a Capitalist, but I must say...
by Rick Koerber | Aug 4, 2008 | Rick's Blog
The picture of the shoes above is evidence of an experience I had a few weeks ago. It was one of those experiences that brings you to the limit of your own sanity. Actually, I am surprised at how short the path can be from here (the normal, sane and rational world)...
by Rick Koerber | Jun 8, 2008 | Rick's Blog
I remember hearing about Atlas Shrugged back in college, but for some reason I never decided to read it. Blank out (that’s for you objectivists). After going completely broke in 2001 I remember seeing my wife reading it and her encouraging me to read it. I even...
by Rick Koerber | Apr 20, 2008 | Rick's Blog
This weekend, the two oldest kids and I averted tragedy on our four-wheeler, and I learned something about repentance and Godly sorrow. Not bad for a weekend, I suppose. So, it was Saturday afternoon and the entire family was bored. In a stroke of genius I decided...
by Rick Koerber | Apr 12, 2008 | Rick's Blog
Selection from “Earning the Capital” By Rev. James W. Cole, 1886 What is capital? Most writers on economics answer, “Capital is surplus; the storage of the labor of the brain and muscle; the overplus from the daily needs and uses of men.” If...
by Rick Koerber | Feb 10, 2008 | Rick's Blog
Often, the average person views the world around him as a place where everyone else seems destined to succeed, while he struggles to survive. Government, businesses, rich folks, etc., all of these “others” too often carry an “air” of invincibility, while...