human dignity

July 25, 2013

Audio: Anthony Bradley on Race Relations in the Wake of the Zimmerman Verdict

On Tuesday eveninig, Anthony Bradley – Acton Research Fellow and associate professor of theology at The King’s College in New York City – joined host Sheila Liaugminas on Relevant Radio’s A Closer Look to discuss the sensitive topic of race relations in America, especially in light of the verdict in the George Zimmerman case in Florida. Continue Reading...

March 08, 2013

International Women’s Day: Please Stop “Helping” Us So Much

International Women’s Day has been celebrated on March 8 since 1911, when Clara Zetkin, a member of the Social Democratic Party in Germany, proposed the yearly event that has its roots in women’s suffrage. Continue Reading...

October 04, 2012

Video: Colorado Priest Condemns Socialism at GOP Assembly

You might get goose bumps watching this fiery speech by Fr. Andrew Kemberling. After all, it is not every day we hear a wholesale condemnation socialism from a priest on the “pulpit” of a conservative political rally! Continue Reading...

December 21, 2011

The Social Muddle at Sojourners

My recent piece in The American Spectator took the left to task for its misuse of the terms justice and social justice. The piece was more than a debate over semantics. Continue Reading...

December 06, 2011

Social Business, Social Gospel, Social Justice

Friedrich Hayek called it a weasel word. The American Spectator has my new essay on it here. More on social justice as it appears in Catholic social teaching here. Continue Reading...

August 18, 2011

Krugman: Aliens Worth More to Economy than Men and Women (VIDEO)

Paul Krugman made the mistake of over-sharing this past weekend when he told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria he thinks that the United States economy would benefit from a military build-up to fight made-up space aliens. Continue Reading...

June 02, 2011

Rev. Sirico: Not Whether to Help the Poor, But How

The budget proposed by House Republicans has lead to a heated debate; one key facet being whether funding should be cut for programs that benefit the poor and vulnerable. Critics claim the House Republicans’ proposed budget violates Catholic social teaching (click here to read the critics’ open letter to Speaker Boehner). Continue Reading...

February 15, 2011

Mission to Moscow

I point you to Paul Kengor’s insightful 2008 piece on Ronald Reagan’s 1988 summit to Moscow in Christianity Today because it is directly related to this Thursday’s Acton on Tap. I will spend some time discussing the Moscow Summit and Reagan’s revolutionary comments at Spaso House, Danilov Monastery, and Moscow State University. Continue Reading...

January 18, 2011

Free eBook: A Prescription for Health Care Reform

With health care moving back to center stage in Washington, we’re publishing Dr. Donald Condit’s Acton monograph A Prescription for Health Care Reform as a free eBook readable in a variety of formats. Continue Reading...

January 10, 2011

Obamacare and the Threat to Human Dignity

From the Jan. 5 Acton News & Commentary. This is an edited excerpt of “Health-Care Counter-Reform,” a longer piece Dr. Condit wrote for the November 2010 issue of the Linacre Quarterly, published by the Catholic Medical Association. Continue Reading...

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