Ask most Americans why religious liberty is considered the “first freedom” and they’ll likely say it’s because it comes first in the Bill of Rights.
While technically true (it does comes first) that wasn’t the intention of the original framers of the Constitution The original Bill of Rights included two other amendments that were listed ahead of what we now consider the “First Amendment” but that failed to be ratified. Continue Reading...
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December 03, 2015
Audio: Rev. Robert A. Sirico on the Free Market and Environmental Stewardship
Today at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, the Acton Institute has organized a half-day conference called “In Dialogue With Laudato Si’: Can Free Markets Help Us Care For Our Common Home?” Continue Reading...
December 03, 2015
Frankenfish? No, It’s Just a Salmon
December 02, 2015
Should Faith-Based Refugee Resettlement Groups Be Debt Collectors?
December 02, 2015
Black Friday and the Moral Goodness of the Market Economy
December 02, 2015
The Perversion of the Establishment Clause
December 01, 2015
Why the ‘Proto-Communism’ of Early Christians Doesn’t Work for Modern Society
December 01, 2015
How a College Is Partnering with Churches to Boost Employment for the Disabled
December 01, 2015
Video: Marina Nemat on Finding Faith in an Iranian Prison
November 30, 2015