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A British perspective on the UK’s 2019 general election

December 13, 2019 • by Rev. Ben Johnson

A British perspective on the UK’s 2019 general election

Voters in the UK gave Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party its largest majority in more than 30 years. With one seat yet to report, the Tories added a smashing 47 seats. Continue Reading...

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December 13, 2019

A Christian culture of reason and faith: Interview with Chantal Delsol

On December 11, Michael Severance, manager of Acton’s Rome office, interviewed French philosopher, historian, and novelist Chantal Delsol. Delsol reflects on the relativism and egoism of the modern West, especially Western Europe. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2019

Artificial Intelligence: A contribution or detriment to human flourishing?

In my recent book, Artificial Humanity. An Essay on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (2019, IF Press), I analyze several interesting aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) from a philosophical, anthropological and even ‘futuristic’ point of view. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2019

Chernobyl and Alexander Solzhenitsyn on a culture of deceit

Yesterday, December 11 was the birthday of the great Russian writer, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, born in 1918. The Imaginative Conservative published an essay I wrote on Solzhenitsyn and the HBO series Chernobyl. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2019

How would Jeremy Corbyn change the UK?

American observers may know that Jeremy Corbyn wishes to fundamentally transform the British economy and reshape the special relationship between the U.S. and the UK. “Is it moral to confiscate people’s property and deny the elderly the right to control their own property?” Continue Reading...

December 12, 2019

A bait and switch at Peter’s Pence?

The Wall Street Journal’s recent article on the Vatican’s main charitable appeal landed like a bombshell this week. And it didn’t help that we’re in the midst of the holiday giving season. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn would destroy the US-UK special relationship

Citizens across the UK are casting their votes in the 2019 general election. Jeremy Corbyn “seems in equal parts blind to the violence of socialism, the goodness of the West, and anti-Semitism in his own party,” I write in my new article for The American Spectator. Continue Reading...

December 11, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Elizabeth Warren wants $3 trillion tax hike; Mark Hall on America’s Christian founding

Massachusetts Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has proposed to increase taxes for big businesses and high earners to rake in nearly $3 trillion per year. Warren plans to use this tax to fund spending in health care, education, and family benefits, and as a result, according to Warren, the economy would grow. Continue Reading...

December 11, 2019

The Virtue of Liberalism

Today, Law & Liberty published the text of my lecture for the Philadelphia Society in October: “Why Economic Nationalism Fails.” The topic for the panel was “Conservatism and the Coming Economy.” Continue Reading...

December 11, 2019

Trade war hits home: How tariffs disrupt American businesses

Despite the “America-first” claims of trade protectionists and economic nationalists, we continue to see the ill effects of the Trump administration’s recent wave of tariffs—particularly among American businesses, workers, and consumers. Continue Reading...

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A British perspective on the UK’s 2019 general election

A British perspective on the UK’s 2019 general election

Latest Posts

A Christian culture of reason and faith: Interview with Chantal Delsol

Artificial Intelligence: A contribution or detriment to human flourishing?

Chernobyl and Alexander Solzhenitsyn on a culture of deceit

How would Jeremy Corbyn change the UK?

A bait and switch at Peter’s Pence?

Jeremy Corbyn would destroy the US-UK special relationship

Acton Line podcast: Elizabeth Warren wants $3 trillion tax hike; Mark Hall on America’s Christian founding

The Virtue of Liberalism

Trade war hits home: How tariffs disrupt American businesses

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