July 01, 2019
July 01, 2019
Letter from Rome: American vs. European Nationalism
Last month’s Sohrab Ahmari-David French debate was the more recent skirmish about the meaning of American conservatism. Acton’s Joe Carter has helpfully compiled a reading list without appearing to favor one side over the other. Continue Reading...
June 28, 2019
New French language translation on Catholicism and communism on Acton’s transatlantic website
The Acton Institute has posted a new translation as part of its ongoing outreach to the French-speaking world. The article, “La montée du communisme dans des habits catholiques,” describes efforts to use Catholic rhetoric to promote the same statist aims once advanced by the former Communist Party in Eastern Europe. Continue Reading...
June 26, 2019
Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Change afoot in Uruguay’s elections?
Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, has lectured during two visits to Uruguay this year, and today in Forbes he presents an examination of various candidates and policies in the lead-up to the country’s presidential elections this October. Continue Reading...
June 25, 2019
The Laffer Curve vindicated…in Canada
On September 14, 1974, economist Arthur Laffer and three friends had the most productive cocktail discussion in U.S. history. On that day, Laffer famously sketched his U-shaped theory of taxation on a cocktail napkin. Continue Reading...
June 25, 2019
2019 G20 Summit: Tariffs and forbearance
As world leaders from a select group of the largest national economies meet in Osaka at the end of this week, they face increasing volatility and uncertainty around some of the basic principles and institutions that bring together their various peoples in the global marketplace. Continue Reading...
June 24, 2019
NHS forces mentally challenged Catholic woman to have an abortion
If it were possible to localize all the pathologies undermining the West into a single incident, a court ruling handed down on Friday might serve as the one. A British judge has ordered a young Catholic woman with “moderately severe” learning disabilities to have a second-trimester abortion against her will, in a case filed by the publicly funded National Health Service. Continue Reading...
June 20, 2019
Communism with a Catholic vocabulary?
In the preamble to its constitution, the Industrial Workers of the World proclaimed that it would bring about socialism (which it dubbed “industrial democracy”) by “forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.” Continue Reading...
June 19, 2019
National healthcare is driving Christian doctors out of medicine
Proponents of a national health care system often describe the program as “all-inclusive.” However, a Canadian court ruling and a new U.S. congressional report show that single-payer health care could permanently exclude faithful Christians. Continue Reading...
June 18, 2019