News and Events

February 12, 2009

The Buckleyization of America

William F. Buckley, 1956: [I’d] sooner be governed by the first two thousand people in the Boston telephone directory than by the two thousand members of the faculty of Harvard University. Continue Reading...

February 11, 2009

Kaarlgard Declares ‘Failure of Morality, Not Capitalism’

In a Forbes blog post titled “Failure of Morality, Not Capitalism,” Rich Kaarlgard counters the critics of supply-side capitalism by pointing to an absence of morality. Kaarlgard declares: Many people do blame capitalism for bringing us to this low moment in the economy. Continue Reading...

February 06, 2009

More on ‘The Moral Bankruptcy Behind the Bailouts’

“Government budgets are moral documents,” is the often quoted line from Jim Wallis of Sojourners and other religious left leaders. Wallis also adds that “When politicians present their budgets, they are really presenting their priorities.” Continue Reading...

January 20, 2009

Excerpts from the Inaugural

Here are some excerpted quotes from the text of President Obama’s Inaugural address that are relevant to the themes of this blog. Some are already beginning the parsing of these words: … We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. Continue Reading...

January 16, 2009

Neighbors

Eleven times since President Bill Clinton began the practice in 1994, the U.S. President has declared Religious Freedom Day on Jan. 16, calling on Americans to “observe this day through appropriate events and activities in homes, schools, and places of worship.” Continue Reading...

January 16, 2009

Religious Freedom Day — 2009

The Acton Institute released a new short video to mark Religious Freedom Day. The proclamation from President George W. Bush points to religious freedom as a fundamental right of Americans and, indeed, people of faith all over the world. Continue Reading...

January 14, 2009

News and Events

The Buckleyization of America

Kaarlgard Declares ‘Failure of Morality, Not Capitalism’

More on ‘The Moral Bankruptcy Behind the Bailouts’

Excerpts from the Inaugural

Neighbors

Religious Freedom Day — 2009

Book Review: Nathan Hale

Risky Business: Keynes, Moral Hazard, and the Economic Crisis

Remembering Father Richard John Neuhaus

Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor and the ‘Death’ of Capitalism