Marc Vander Maas

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February 15, 2016

Audio: Justice Antonin Scalia ‘Interpreting the Constitution’ talk at Acton Institute (1997)

Over the weekend, we were saddened to hear of the passing of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, a giant of conservative jurisprudence, stalwart champion of originalist interpretation, and as such a true friend of the Constitution. Continue Reading...

January 06, 2016

Video: Lawrence Reed Challenges Progressive Mythology

The final Acton Lecture Series event of 2015 took place on December 10th as the Acton Institute joined with our friends at the Mackinac Center to welcome Lawrence Reed, the president of the Foundation for Economic Education. Continue Reading...

December 23, 2015

Christmas Greetings from Rev. Robert A. Sirico

With Christmas just around the corner, we at the Acton Institute would like to pause and share with all of you our warmest wishes for a blessed Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous new year to all of our friends and supporters. Continue Reading...

December 16, 2015

Radio Free Acton: Puncturing Progressive Mythology with Larry Reed

Defenders of individual liberty and the American Constitutional order have long argued that Progressivism is a corrosive philosophy that undermines individual rights while failing to produce the social good claimed by its promoters. Continue Reading...

December 03, 2015

Audio: Rev. Robert A. Sirico on the Free Market and Environmental Stewardship

Today at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, the Acton Institute has organized a half-day conference called “In Dialogue With Laudato Si’: Can Free Markets Help Us Care For Our Common Home?” Continue Reading...

December 01, 2015

Video: Marina Nemat on Finding Faith in an Iranian Prison

On November 19, the Acton Institute was pleased to welcome Marina Nemat to the Mark Murray Auditorium as part of the 2015 Acton Lecture Series. Marina was born in 1965 in Tehran, Iran, in what was at the time a relatively secular and free nation. Continue Reading...

November 26, 2015

In Dialogue With Laudato Si’: Can Free Markets Help Us Care For Our Common Home?

In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis appeals for “a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.” Continue Reading...

November 25, 2015

Radio Free Acton: Marina Nemat on Life After Tehran

On this edition of Radio Free Acton, we talk with Marina Nemat – author, columnist, human rights advocate, and former political prisoner in her native Iran. Born in 1965, Nemat grew up in a country ruled by the Shah – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi – who ruled in a relatively liberal fashion compared to what was to follow after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Continue Reading...

November 23, 2015

Audio: Samuel Gregg on The End of Europe

The recent terrorist attacks in Paris have again brought to the forefront discussions about problems of culture faced by both Europe and the United States. The attacks have complicated western responses to the Syrian refugee crisis, with concerns about the stated intentions of groups like ISIS to smuggle operatives into western nations among the legitimate refugees in order to carry out terror operations. Continue Reading...

November 17, 2015

Video: Bradley J. Birzer on Russell Kirk – American Conservative

On November 5th, 2015, the Acton Institute was pleased to host Dr. Bradley J. Birzer for a lunch lecture and book launch celebration for the release of his latest book, Russell Kirk: American Conservative. Continue Reading...

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