Mark Shea’s got a little mini-column up at the Register about Dante’s connection between sodomy and usury. I don’t do sodomy blogging. But usury? Irresistable. I’m coming back later — maybe in the morning if I don’t mis-sleep again — to toss out some thoughts.
Here’s where I’ll be going: Lending money at interest can be part of a wholesome act of wealth-creation.
(Hint there: what economic activities create wealth? Lots of them. Trouble being that these days our heads are so deeply sucked into the money economy that we easily lose track of wealth vs. money. But then again, in Dante’s day there were a few factors confusing the topic.)
Plus maybe some comments on my first real-live run-in with a Repo Man. Friendly guy, once he quit banging on my door. Choice words were said. Okay, that’s really the whole story. So probably no additional repo-man tales in the official comments. But hey, if you want to hear me say bad words, it can be done. [Note to repo men: You are more likely to get me to open if you don’t look like a hoodlum and act like one too.] And no, not my vehicle they wanted.