After a long gestation, I’m happy to report that my book, Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization, published by Regnery Gateway, has just been released and is available for purchase at Amazon. Continue Reading...
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June 24, 2019
NHS forces mentally challenged Catholic woman to have an abortion
If it were possible to localize all the pathologies undermining the West into a single incident, a court ruling handed down on Friday might serve as the one. A British judge has ordered a young Catholic woman with “moderately severe” learning disabilities to have a second-trimester abortion against her will, in a case filed by the publicly funded National Health Service. Continue Reading...
June 24, 2019
3 Ways to explain religious freedom to an American
June 21, 2019
From folkways to institutions: Why culture matters for the economy
In our efforts to reduce poverty and spur economic growth, we can be overly consumed in debates about top-down policy tactics and the proper allocation of physical resources. Yet, as many economists are beginning to recognize, the distinguishing features of free and flourishing societies are more readily found at the levels of culture—attitudes, beliefs, and imagination. Continue Reading...
June 21, 2019
7 Figures: How Americans spend their time
Every year the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), which measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing. Continue Reading...
June 20, 2019
6 Quotes: Supreme Court justices on the ‘Peace Cross’ case
June 20, 2019
Communism with a Catholic vocabulary?
In the preamble to its constitution, the Industrial Workers of the World proclaimed that it would bring about socialism (which it dubbed “industrial democracy”) by “forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.” Continue Reading...
June 19, 2019
National healthcare is driving Christian doctors out of medicine
Proponents of a national health care system often describe the program as “all-inclusive.” However, a Canadian court ruling and a new U.S. congressional report show that single-payer health care could permanently exclude faithful Christians. Continue Reading...
June 19, 2019
Russell Moore on socialism: How should Christians think about it?
A plurality of American Christians now believes that capitalism is at odds with “Christian values,” a trend that’s been accompanied by a range of political leaders and Religious-Left thinkers who promote the supposed compatibility of Christianity with expansive state control. Continue Reading...
June 19, 2019