May 31, 2017
May 10, 2017
The disordered soul of Frank Underwood
May 05, 2017
Pope Francis’s attack on ‘libertarian individualism’ not about libertarians
The following essay appeared Friday, May 5, 2017, at Crux.
In a recent message by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Social Science he outlines some moral concerns about a phenomenon he sees as invading (his term) “high levels of culture and education in both universities and in schools,” namely “libertarian individualism.” Continue Reading...
May 03, 2017
The two-fold ministry of Jesus
April 26, 2017
More than compassion needed for Europe’s refugees
April 19, 2017
Making college expensive by making it free
April 12, 2017
Commentary: The joy of spring
This week’s Acton Commentary is a meditation by the Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), reflecting on the significance of spring for our natural and spiritual lives. “So that bread may come forth from the earth” takes its point of departure from the lines of Psalm 104: “He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbs for the service of man: that he may bring forth bread out of the earth.” Continue Reading...
March 23, 2017
Why it’s high time to bury Lenin
In an article published today at The American Spectator, Acton Senior Editor Rev. Ben Johnson comments on the solemn centenary of the Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin’s ascendancy to power. Continue Reading...
March 22, 2017
Is foreign aid a sacred cow?
March 15, 2017