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September 18, 2025

Subsidiarity, Not Supranationalism

There is a deeply misguided belief that the road to justice lies in the consolidation of authority into ever-larger international institutions, particularly in the post-Christian landscape of global governance and political power. Continue Reading...

September 16, 2025

Rutger Bregman’s Vision: Moral Ambition Without Imagination

We’ve all read about ideologues who had a centralized plan to save the world. Well add one more to the list. Trending right now is a man named Rutger Bregman. He is passionate, eloquent, and articulate—and he seeks to rapidly transform our country (and, indeed, the entire world) into a socialist utopia. Continue Reading...

September 03, 2025

When the State Becomes Shareholder: A Catholic Case Against America’s Drift Toward Socialism

In 1931, Pope Pius XI warned of a “grave evil” in his encyclical Quadragesimo Anno: the temptation of centralized power to absorb the functions of families, associations, and businesses. He called it a violation of the natural order—a usurpation of human freedom and responsibility. Continue Reading...

February 12, 2025

Immigration, Subsidiarity, and State Sovereignty in the Age of Trump

Immigration has driven ideological discord and social fragmentation perhaps more than any other issue. Since assuming office in January, President Donald J. Trump has signed a series of executive orders empowering the Department of Homeland Security and its primary investigative arm, ICE, to expand border security and hasten the removal of illegal immigrants by way of individual and mass deportations. Continue Reading...

January 29, 2022

It’s time individuals, not the government, make choices about COVID-19 risk

“The central question we face today is: Who decides?” That’s the opening line of Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurrence to the Supreme Court’s Jan. 13 opinion striking down the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate that was to be enacted through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Continue Reading...

July 13, 2021

Why the NCAA’s new NIL rules are a win for economic liberty

On June 21, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that changed college athletics as we know it. In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court concluded that the NCAA imposed rules that “are not reasonably necessary to distinguish between college and professional sports.” Continue Reading...

July 07, 2021

Government shouldn’t be the one leading our communities – we should

As our lives begin to crank back up after over a year of turmoil, we have to ask the question: what comes next for society? As usual, politicians have their own answer, eager to wade into new spheres during times of crisis. Continue Reading...

December 17, 2020

This restaurant owner is the face of California’s selective lockdowns

As states like California continue imposing harsh COVID-19 lockdowns on their citizens, government officials gain even more power to decide which businesses get to survive. Unsurprisingly, politicians have given powerful interests preferential treatment. Continue Reading...

November 20, 2020

The 2020 election was a mess: 4 ways to keep it from ruining your life

The 2020 election pitted a violent leftist movement against a crass, self-centered incumbent who uses the levers of power to benefit himself. The campaign hardly proved inspiring. It also ended up with results that confounded the professional political class and distressed tens of millions of Americans. Continue Reading...

July 12, 2019

UK Northern Ireland abortion act oversteps legal boundaries: Expert

The UK Parliament has taken a step to overturn legislation on two of the most sensitive issues in politics, in violation of an agreement that grants authority over those issues to a lower level of government. Continue Reading...

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