Noah C. Gould is a writer focusing on civil society, business culture, and economics. His work has appeared in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Law & Liberty, and The Washington Free Beacon. He is the Alumni & Student Programs manager at the Acton Institute and a contributor at Young Voices. He is a graduate of Grove City College. Follow him on X @NoahCGould1.
Posts by Noah Gould
September 23, 2025
When it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR), the principle
caveat emptor takes on a special urgency: What we think we are getting and what we actually get are sometimes two very different things.
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May 22, 2024
There are two vital questions that need to be answered in the debate around Christian nationalism. First, is it a problem? Second, how concerned should we be? The answers given by the documentary
God and Country (co-produced by actor-director Rob Reiner) are “Yes” and “Very.”
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April 11, 2024
At the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills, I recently attended the premiere of a new documentary, co-produced by Substack and FIRE, that attempts to explain the mental health crisis facing college students in America.
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March 27, 2024
How can principled conservatives reunite a fractured coalition? The ties that once bound the various parties on the right have frayed and, in some cases, snapped. The authors of
Fight the Good Fight: How an Alliance of Faith and Reason Can Win the Culture Wars answer this question and offer a set of approaches and values they claim can form a winning coalition.
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January 12, 2024
“When you speak to customers, don’t let them know you are the owners.” This was the advice given to my wife and me by the previous owners when we bought a business in 2020.
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March 18, 2022
The Batman plunges us straight into the middle of a crisis of faith. Gone is Bale’s confident and charismatic playboy. Robert Pattinson’s Batman hasn’t slept for a week. He journals, sulks, and obsesses over details.
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January 14, 2022
Humans are incredibly skilled at rationalizing sin. We prefer to gloss over sin rather than face it. And for good reason! To grapple with the true weight of our sin is a heavy burden indeed.
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December 28, 2021
At this point, most have heard about Frances Haugen, the whistleblower who leaked documents to the
Wall Street Journal this fall detailing how Facebook knew about many of the downsides of its platform, yet chose to prioritize engagement.
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December 06, 2021
Religious expression in the public square is currently challenged by two competing concerns. On the left, some worry that religion is an anti-rational monolith, quietly subverting legitimate expressions of democracy. Others, on the right, worry that religious diversity destroys cultural cohesion, which they see as necessary to democracy.
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September 09, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Joe Biden’s recent renewal of the eviction mortarium as issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should come as no surprise.
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