As our lives begin to crank back up after over a year of turmoil, we have to ask the question: what comes next for society?
As usual, politicians have their own answer, eager to wade into new spheres during times of crisis. Continue Reading...
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July 07, 2021
Society must balance the paradox of human nature
A debate is brewing over the thousands of inmates who were allowed to return home due to the health risks of the COVID-19 pandemic. They could soon be sent back to prison to finish their sentences. Continue Reading...
July 06, 2021
Train a child, secure the future: Educating our kids about the free market
Like most children, I had training wheels when I first learned to ride my bike. Before riding without them, I needed to learn a few key fundamentals – how to peddle, how to steer, how to coordinate my hands and feet. Continue Reading...
July 01, 2021
How fatherhood leads to flourishing
America reigns supreme in the number of single parent households. Every June, we gather with our friends and family to celebrate Father’s Day, yet one in four of children do not have a father. Continue Reading...
June 30, 2021
The moral weight of taxation
As Congress works on a $6 trillion spending bill that would be funded by higher taxes and increasing the national debt, Americans should be asking themselves: When is taxation morally permissible? Continue Reading...
June 29, 2021
What you should know about China’s population control measures
Last month, China announced that it would allow couples to have up to three children, an increase from the two children allowed per couple previously. Prior to 2016, China had a one-child policy, which was instituted in 1980 and enforced by the National Health and Family Planning Commission. Continue Reading...
June 23, 2021
Communist China forces shutdown of Apple Daily, stifling truth in pursuit of control
Apple Daily, the last prominent, pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, will shut down after midnight on June 23 and publish its final edition on June 24 after 26 years in operation. Continue Reading...
June 22, 2021
Lao Tzu: The first libertarian intellectual
Besides the Bible, no other work has as many translations as the Daodejing—the founding scriptural text of Daoism.
Lao Tzu (“the old master”) is the attributed author of the Daodejing and the founder of Daosim. Continue Reading...
June 22, 2021
From the Cold War to China, human flourishing is what really matters
A second Cold War has been brewing between global superpowers. The recent G-7 summit was merely the latest incident in the struggle for global hegemony between China and the U.S.
The seven western powers who met for the summit released a statement condemning the Chinese government for its treatment of the Uyghur people, as well as its crackdowns in Hong Kong and lack of transparency in handling the COVID-19 outbreak and pandemic. Continue Reading...
June 21, 2021
Some very good reasons you should attend Acton University Online
“Should I or shouldn’t I do AU?”
That is the question I have heard hundreds of times regarding attending Acton University Online 2021. More than 2,400 people have already made up their own minds and have registered to participate in our annual summer gathering of minds this coming June 23-24 (10:00 am-5:00 pm EDT) for a conference ranked the best international academic event hosted by think tanks that consistently defend the free economy. Continue Reading...
