The Information Gap & Donation Dumping
Elise Amyx, Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
What does it really mean for Christians to care for “the least of these?” This is one of the most imperative questions when thinking about the integration of faith, work, and economics.
Our Enemy, the Payroll Tax
Ross Douthat, New York Times
Payroll taxes are a relic of New Deal Machiavellianism: by taking a bite of every worker’s paycheck and promising postretirement returns, Franklin Roosevelt effectively disguised Social Security as a pay-as-you-go system, even though the program actually redistributes from rich to poor and young to old.
What Are American Traditions?
Russell Kirk, The Imaginative Conservative
Everyone seems to be enthusiastic about tradition nowadays—especially the people who denounce most things established in morals and politics.
Stripping the Constitution
Justin Dyer, Public Discourse
Adam Freedman’s stark proposal in The Naked Constitution that we strip our founding document of its modern and academic glosses shows us that we need to take structural reforms to our Constitution seriously.
