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A System In Distress: Too Many American Children In State Care

August 10, 2015 • by Elise Hilton

A System In Distress: Too Many American Children In State Care

Generally speaking, social services do not remove children from their homes as a first choice. Most have family programs that work with parents to resolve issues with parenting skills, nutrition, education, addiction issues and so on. Continue Reading...

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August 10, 2015

Samuel Gregg: Conservatives Need Bold Economics Moves, But With Moral Tone

Acton’s director of research, Samuel Gregg, is looking ahead to a post-Obama economy. He notes that every presidency has problems it leaves behind upon exiting the White House, but we have some major economic and moral obstacles to overcome. Continue Reading...

August 07, 2015

Doing Injustice to the Just Price

An article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology on the just price of cancer drugs in the United States contains an odd reference to a nonexistent book by Aristotle, notes John B. Continue Reading...

August 07, 2015

The Clean Power Plan Harms the Poor and Middle Class

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” I’m no Michael Corleone, nor am I much of a businessman, but Al Pacino’s Godfather III quote came to mind this morning after reading an email I received from Ceres’ President Mindy Lubber. Continue Reading...

August 07, 2015

Unemployment as Economic-Spiritual Indicator — July 2015 Report

Series Note: Jobs are one of the most important aspects of a morally functioning economy. They help us serve the needs of our neighbors and lead to human flourishing both for the individual and for communities. Continue Reading...

August 07, 2015

Five Adults And A Baby: Is This A Family?

Five adults (three men, two women) in the Netherlands are having a child together, and plan to raise said child together. I know this is a little tricky so let me explain. Continue Reading...

August 06, 2015

Why Is It Easier To Become An EMT Than An Interior Designer? Big Government

EMTs have incredibly difficult and stressful jobs. They may go long stretches with little to do, and then be suddenly very busy, very fast. They need to know how to calm down a child with a broken arm, treat a woman pinned in a truck in a massive interstate pileup during a snowstorm, and deal with a potential elderly stroke victim. Continue Reading...

August 06, 2015

Prep School for Potential Presidents

Tonight is the first Republican primary presidential debate of the election season. The debates are promoted as a way to distinguish the candidates from one another. But they are a terrible format for achieving that objective. Continue Reading...

August 06, 2015

Samuel Gregg: We Need An Encyclical On Christian Persecution

In today’s Crisis Magazine, Acton’s director of research Samuel Gregg calls for a a new papal encyclical: one addressing ” the on-going brutal persecution of Christians in the Middle East.” The facts about the deepening subjugation of Christians around the world hardly need repeating. Continue Reading...

August 06, 2015

Al Mohler: Work Is Not a Result of the Fall

In the latest video from Made to Flourish, Al Mohler reminds us that it’s our job as Christians to discover God’s original design for work and recover it for the glory of God: To be human is not only to be an economic creature, but is to be a fabricator, a worker, the one who understands the stewardship of work, and understands we were made for it. Continue Reading...

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