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May 11, 2011

Rev. Sirico responds to Speaker Boehner’s Catholic Critics

April 19, 2011

Condit: Obamacare rules belie compassion, care

The Detroit News published Dr. Don Condit’s Acton commentary on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in today’s paper. The ACOs are designed to manage costs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Continue Reading...

April 06, 2011

Dr. Don Condit: A Sugar Coating for the Bitter Pill of ObamaCare

It has been over a year since the passing of the Affordable Care Act, and we are still discovering problems with it. Supporters claimed passing the bill will help everyone, especially the vulnerable. Continue Reading...

March 31, 2011

The case for water privatization

To provide water for people, communities have usually turned to two different options: public or private utilities. However, if Bolivian President Evo Morales, leader of the Movement Towards Socialism Party, gets his way, the United Nations will pass a resolution blocking the sale of public water utilities to private companies. Continue Reading...

February 21, 2011

Finding Morality in the Federal Budget

Budget battles have heated up recently throughout the United States, and President Obama’s budget proposal has not been exempted from the intense discussion. The current proposal by the President pushes our national debt to $15.476 trillion or 102.6 percent of our GDP. 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...

December 06, 2010

Acton Rome event on Ethics, Aging and Health Care

Last Thursday at Rome’s (but technically part of Vatican City) Pontifical Lateran University, Istituto Acton held a day-long conference on “Ethics, Aging and the Coming Healthcare Challenge.” It was a successful event, if a bit unusual compared to some of our other Roman gatherings. Continue Reading...

November 24, 2010

Catholic Social Teaching and the Tea Party Movement

Kevin J. Jones of the Catholic News Agency interviewed Acton’s Rev. Robert A. Sirico and Dr. Steven Schneck, Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America, to find out how the Tea Party lines up with Catholic Social Teaching. Continue Reading...

October 27, 2010

Juan Williams’ Firing Might Produce Desired Results

Published today in Acton News & Commentary. Sign up for the free weekly email newsletter from the Acton Institute here. Juan Williams’ Firing Might Produce Desired Results By Bruce Edward Walker It was a tough few days last week in Radio Wobegone. Continue Reading...

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