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February 03, 2015

Why Keep Funding Ineffective Government Programs?

Head Start doesn’t work. More people than ever are now on food stamps. Medicaid is staggering under the weight of its own bloat. Why are we continuing to fund bad programs? Continue Reading...

January 14, 2015

Education Reform: We’re Doing It Wrong

In this American Enterprise Institute Vision Talk, Chancellor of DC Public Schools Kaya Henderson talks about the state of public education reform. She says we have the opportunity to change everything we’ve been doing wrong in education for the past 100 years, but we are failing at the task. Continue Reading...

September 16, 2014

People: Let’s Be Reasonable

Maybe you’re a parent. If you’re not and you’re a reasonable adult, imagine you are a parent. It’s a lovely day. Your six-year-old would like to play outside. You do not live in the median of an expressway. Continue Reading...

June 11, 2014

On the Universal Common Good

Today at Ethika Politika, I examine the longstanding claim of the Roman Catholic Church that the universal character of the common good in our present era necessitates a world political authority. Continue Reading...

June 10, 2014

How To End Poverty By Jim Wallis

It is not often that Sojourners president Jim Wallis puts forth ideas that align with those of the Acton Institute. However, in a recent interview, Wallis (touting his new book, Uncommon Good: How the Gospel Brings Hope to a World Divided) said that he recognizes that there are three keys to ending poverty: work and economic activity, innovation, education. Continue Reading...

May 19, 2014

Profit Isn’t Enough: Could Our Economy Benefit From Catholic Social Teaching?

Is a “profit alone” mentality enough for a business or for a nation? If the economy is running well, should we bother to look any deeper, or just leave well enough alone? Continue Reading...

March 20, 2014

Dorothy Day: A Saint For Our Times?

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly featured the following video on Dorothy Day. Her cause for canonization in the Catholic Church has been championed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who says Day’s life represents so much of the struggle of our times. Continue Reading...

November 21, 2013

National Review Interviews Samuel Gregg On ‘Tea Party Catholic’

Kathryn Jean Lopez, at National Review Online, has interviewed Samuel Gregg, Acton’s Director of Research, on his newest book, Tea Party Catholic: The Catholic Case for Human Flourishing, a Free Economy and Human Flourishing. Continue Reading...

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