This is part one of our series, “The Political Theology of Global Secularism.” Check back frequently for forthcoming installments. – Ed.
Globalization is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that has many aspects: economic, military, political, and cultural. Continue Reading...
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July 23, 2020
Hong Kong and the enduring value of the Declaration of Independence
American exceptionalism cannot be appreciated without contrast. Compare these two scenes: On Wednesday night throngs of rioters rampaged through Seattle’s Capitol Hill district, inflicting “massive amounts of property damage, looting,” and “arson” without sustaining a single arrest. Continue Reading...
July 22, 2020
The Tucker Carlson-Sean Hannity showdown: Who was right?
The underlying tensions between national conservatism and a more pro-business Republican orthodoxy burst into the open during a 24-second, primetime exchange on Fox News Channel. During the hand-off between hosts Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, Hannity seemingly rebuked his lead-in for criticizing Jeff Bezos’ fortune. Continue Reading...
July 22, 2020
Acton Line podcast: The intersection of faith and economics with Russ Roberts
Since 2006, economist Russ Roberts – the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution – has hosted the podcast EconTalk, a weekly deep conversation with economists and thinkers from other disciplines on ideas related both directly and indirectly to economics and the economic way of thinking. Continue Reading...
July 21, 2020
Culture matters: China’s pre-revolutionary remnants
In our efforts to reduce poverty and spur economic growth, it can be easy to be consumed with top-down policy solutions and debates about the proper allocation of resources. Yet as many economists are beginning to recognize, the distinguishing features of flourishing societies are more readily found at the levels of culture – in our attitudes, beliefs, and imaginations. Continue Reading...
July 17, 2020
6 quotes: The Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights
This week, a federal committee accomplished the rarest of all achievements: It produced a government document worth reading. On Thursday, July 16, the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights released a clear, enlightened, and comprehensive report on the origins, authentic content, and illegitimate expansion of human rights. Continue Reading...
July 16, 2020
Bari Weiss and a lesson in media literacy
In June, Columbia University’s Teachers College Center for Educational Equity and a group called DemocracyReady NY issued a report that called for New York state to take “immediate and decisive steps to require media literacy education in K-12 schools throughout the state.” Continue Reading...
July 16, 2020
The worst Twitter hack
On Wednesday, July 15, some of Twitter’s most prominent accounts – including those of President Barak Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, and many others – were hacked in an unprecedented Twitter attack. Continue Reading...
July 16, 2020
Post-COVID economics: Toward a paradigm of social collaboration
In times of economic crisis, the planning class has routinely relied on a particular set of assumptions to construct their supposed solutions. This has been no less true in the policy responses to COVID-19, which have comprised a predictable mix of so-called stimulus and monetarist monkey business. Continue Reading...
July 15, 2020
Acton Line podcast: Religious liberty at the Supreme Court
The latest term of the Supreme Court, which wrapped up on July 8th, saw the Court decide several cases with major implications for religious liberty. While the outcomes of Espinoza v. Continue Reading...