05/21/2026
I had a pretty pessimistic view of our country in 2007 and along came Ron Paul for president. I knew Dr. Paul well but it was his campaign for president in 2008 which actually gave me some hope and of course ultimately the genesis of my run for governor of Texas in 2010. Now 19 years later, I am pretty much in the same place.
God indeed works in mysterious ways. I have been, for a couple months now, studying the proficiency of God and been reminded over and over by Alistair Begg not to look too closely at the immediacy of the situation or my own tiny role. Nonetheless, I find myself just two days ago praying fervently for Thomas Massie to win reelection to Congress. He, of course, lost that race and many of us were dejected, again.
But then that very evening, I'm humbled and oh SO GRATEFUL to hear Mr. Massie talk about the proficiency of God. We lost because it was God's will (maybe His permissive will but His will). I am so very grateful that he will be returning to his farm and thinking about what God would have him do. I am encouraged again. Thank you Lord!
Now to a more immediate economic policy piece (again mindful of the proficiency of God): there's a new chairman at the Federal Reserve. I know most don't care about that but if you've followed Dr. Paul for any time, you can't not care. As you hear talking heads insisting that interest rates must be lowered and now we've got new "leadership" who will (might) do that, it would be helpful (still mindful of God's proficiency) to think again as Dr. Paul warns "Lowering rates may slightly reduce credit card and other interest rates paid by consumers. However, it will further erode the dollar's value, thus further reducing Americans' real incomes and causing them to go further into debt."
You can find the rest of the column here:
After Kevin Warsh was confirmed as Federal Reserve chairman last week, he received a stark reminder of the challenges facing the central bank. President Trump's "solution" to the economic problems facing many Americans is lower interest rates. Jerome Powell, who Warsh is succeeding as Fed chair...
