Acton Commentary

February 22, 2017

The Michael Novak book that changed reality

From a 2017 vantage point, it’s easy to forget just how radical this book was, says Samuel Gregg in this week’s Acton Commentary. In penning the Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, Novak was the first theologian to really make an in-depth moral, cultural, and political case for the market economy in a systematic way. Continue Reading...

February 01, 2017

State and society each has its own sphere

“The question that now demands our full attention is this,” says Abraham Kuyper in this week’s Acton Commentary, “What attitude should Christians adopt in the face of the socialist movement?” And then it is beyond question that we too should be moved to profound compassion by the disorder of our society and the great distress that has resulted from it. Continue Reading...

January 25, 2017

Clobbering free speech with the Constitution

“When it’s too late to intimidate, it’s never too late to retaliate,” says Bruce Edward Walker in this week’s Acton Commentary. It was in 2010 that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decided Citizens United by a 5-4 vote. Continue Reading...

January 18, 2017

God or man? Whittaker Chambers’ ‘Witness’ at 65

“A former Communist who found spiritual solace in his adopted Quakerism,” says Bruce Edward Walker in this week’s Acton Commentary, “Chambers reduced the dilemma facing modern humanity to a simple dichotomy: God or Man?” Continue Reading...

January 11, 2017

The rising threats to European liberty

“It’s not good manners to begin the year with dire predictions,” says Kishore Jayabalan in this week’s Acton Commentary, “but with continuing Islamic terrorist attacks, increasing concern over Russian aggression, and the general fecklessness of its leaders, we have many reasons to worry about the future of liberty in Europe.” Continue Reading...