Post Tagged 'violence'

April 01, 2020

April Fools’ Day: Italians are not joking around anymore as civil unrest builds

Culturally the first of April – April Fools’ Day – is the same in Italy as in America. It’s a day of practical jokes and laughs. Only here it’s called April Fish Day, because it is related to the ancient end of the Pisces or Fish sign in the zodiac. Continue Reading...

December 13, 2019

Think like Lenin

Gary Saul Morson has excellent and enlightening piece at the New Criterion on Vladimir Lenin and what he calls Leninthink. “Lenin did more than anyone else to shape the last hundred years. Continue Reading...

July 19, 2017

Video: Paul Bonicelli talks Venezuela’s socialist failure on Fox Business

Acton Director of Programs and Education Paul Bonicelli appeared on yesterday’s edition of Making Money with Charles Payne on Fox Business Network, and spent some time talking about the current dire condition of Venezuela, and the socialist experiment that got the country there. Continue Reading...

May 17, 2016

Don’t Politicize Transgender Issue

I want to be very clear from the outset that moral concerns surrounding transgender identity are not unimportant. But in the likely event that we don’t come to any national consensus on that question any time soon, it is important not to overlook other moral and social concerns that are far more pressing. Continue Reading...

March 29, 2016

Audio: Samuel Gregg on Religious Pathologies

Acton Institute Director of Research Samuel Gregg joined host Shelia Liaugminas on Relevant Radio’s A Closer Look to examine those times and places where religion can become pathological – when divine and human reason are set aside. Continue Reading...

February 04, 2016

Does capitalism reduce violence?

It’s been said before, but it’s certainly worth saying again. Not only does the free market lead to material wealth, but it reduces violence. On a recent episode of the podcast “Question of the Day,” co-host Stephen Dubner reads a question from a listener: Why haven’t humans evolved as a species away from aggression? Continue Reading...

July 07, 2015

Charleston, Guns, and Natural Law

In the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting in which nine people were killed during Bible study, debates and pushes for more gun control revived. Shooter Dylan Roof’s weapon of choice was a .45 caliber handgun with five extra magazines of ammunition. Continue Reading...

May 21, 2015