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Why you’ll love Acton University (even if you hate conferences)

June 14, 2019 • by Joe Carter

Why you’ll love Acton University (even if you hate conferences)

I don’t like conferences. I don’t like seminars or conventions, either. I also don’t like colloquiums, symposiums, forums, or summits. I love people (really, I do) and I love discussions about ideas. Continue Reading...

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June 14, 2019

The BBC scraps free TV for the elderly: A lesson from Boxer in ‘Animal Farm’

The BBC is renowned for its educational programming, but its most valuable lesson is being presented on a global stage right now. The BBC is facing backlash for doing away with a universal beneft for the elderly and, in the process, teaching an audience of millions how government programs really work. Continue Reading...

June 13, 2019

New French language article: « Bonne nouvelle, même les socialistes aiment le marché libre! »

The Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty Transatlantic website has published its second article translated into French: « Bonne nouvelle, même les socialistes aiment le marché libre! » It is a translation of the article, “Great news: Even ‘socialists’ love the free market (poll),” which notes that the same Gallup poll showing socialism’s growing popularity also finds that the vast majority of Americans trust the free market, rather than the government, to regulate the economy. Continue Reading...

June 13, 2019

Why Simonetti is wrong to slander David French

We live in a strange age when good Christian men are slandered in defense of men of low character. Still, I would have never suspected to see such calumny on the Acton PowerBlog. Continue Reading...

June 13, 2019

Why not to be a “polite” conservative in the age of French/Ahmari debate

The debate surrounding David French-ism started by New York Post’s Sohrab Ahmari in First Things is, in my view, less about content — or political proposals, to use another term — than about the future and, to a large extent, the recent past of the American Conservative movement. Continue Reading...

June 12, 2019

A one-volume user’s manual for operating Western Civilization

Later this month, Gateway Editions will be releasing Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization, the new book by Acton research director Samuel Gregg. John Zmirak, senior editor at The Stream, has an early review of what he calls “a user’s guide to western civilization“: Read. Continue Reading...

June 12, 2019

Anti-religious hostility takes aim at foster care and adoption agencies

To most people, helping orphans and children in the foster system find stable homes seems like a top priority—the kind of priority that transcends politics and ideology,” says Kate Anderson in this week’s Acton Commentary. Continue Reading...

June 12, 2019

Sympathy as social virtue: Adam Smith’s solution for disruption

In our dynamic and disruptive economy, we see an increasing cultural anxiety about the automation and outmoding of all things, leading us to increase our focus on technical knowledge and “hard skills.” Continue Reading...

June 12, 2019

Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Reciprocity and free trade

Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, writes today in Forbes about free trade and its relation to the notions of reciprocity and protectionism — popular topics in our current political climate. Continue Reading...

June 12, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Why you should watch ‘Chernobyl’; A federal commission for natural rights

On this episode of Acton Line, we talk about HBO’s new miniseries, ‘Chernobyl’ and the events surrounding the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine in 1986. Kyle Smith, writer at National Review, joins us for this segment and explains how ‘Chernobyl’ is an indictment of socialism. Continue Reading...

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Why you’ll love Acton University (even if you hate conferences)

Why you’ll love Acton University (even if you hate conferences)

Latest Posts

The BBC scraps free TV for the elderly: A lesson from Boxer in ‘Animal Farm’

New French language article: « Bonne nouvelle, même les socialistes aiment le marché libre! »

Why Simonetti is wrong to slander David French

Why not to be a “polite” conservative in the age of French/Ahmari debate

A one-volume user’s manual for operating Western Civilization

Anti-religious hostility takes aim at foster care and adoption agencies

Sympathy as social virtue: Adam Smith’s solution for disruption

Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Reciprocity and free trade

Acton Line podcast: Why you should watch ‘Chernobyl’; A federal commission for natural rights

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