The RJ Moeller Show: Jonathan Merritt
In the cheerful spirit of engaging the "other side" when it comes to political and cultural issues, "The RJ Moeller Show" is proud to present our conversation with author and commentator Jonathan Merritt.
Jonathan is best know for his 2010 book "Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet," and we wanted to have Mr. Merritt on specifically to talk about his latest effort, "A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars." Jonathan is a thoughtful evangelical voice in the public square, and despite being on opposite sides of various political issues as RJ, the two engage in what we hope will be the first of many fruitful dialogues.
As he humorously puts it on his own website, "you can follow Jonathan, but only on Twitter," at @jonathanmerritt!
The rest of this week's episode welcomes back The Gang's full roster for the first time in months. Joe, Brandon, Drew and RJ reflect on the strange senate saga in Massachusetts involving Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage. They also dissect a scandalous story out of Miami-Dade county where it appears that nearly 300 county-owned brand new Toyota hybrids were "lost" in a parking garage for nearly six years.
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This is the third interview with Merritt I heard today (Relevant, and CNN were the others). No one really tackled difficult topics with him. It seems he has captured multiple sides of the spectrum with a perfect media blitz.
The sample chapter from his environmentalist book held multiple opportunities to apply good economics, but failed. The very fact that prices communicate relative scarcity and can be a tool for practical stewardship (Hayek) is missed.
In the interview PERC never came up.
I was disappointed.
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