September 2013 Archives

September 23, 2013

Audio: Tea Party Catholic Heads to the Heartland

Samuel Gregg, Acton’s Director of Research, continues to promote his fine new book Tea Party Catholic: The Catholic Case for Limited Government, a Free Economy and Human Flourishing via radio interviews all across the country. Continue Reading...

September 23, 2013

A Confederacy of IRS Dunces

A few months ago I wrote about how when I was a young Marine I learned that when the commanding officer says, “I wish” or “I desire,” these expressions have the force of a direct order and should be acted upon as if they had given a direct order. Continue Reading...

September 23, 2013

Multiple Companies Changing Insurance Plans Due To Obamacare

With Obamacare (the Affordable Health Care Act) set to begin on October 1, many companies are changing their employee health care. For some, it’s a change in what benefits employees will receive; for others, employees will be losing health care all together and told to sign up under Obamacare. Continue Reading...

September 23, 2013

Even in Prison There is Dignity in Work

In a program at Colorado’s Crowley County Correctional Facility, prisoners hand-make roof trusses and oak cabinets for use in Habitat For Humanity home. The inmates not only learn carpentry skills but the dignity of work: “For me, personally, having that apprenticeship was priceless,” said Mike Voss. Continue Reading...

September 23, 2013

Audio: Sirico on Pope Francis, the Media, and the Future of The Catholic Church

Last week, the first major interview with Pope Francis was released to the world via a number of Jesuit journals; you can read the interview for yourself at America Magazine. As usually happens, major media outlets reported on the interview, often putting their own spin on it (the New York Times provides an example of this type of coverage here). Continue Reading...

September 23, 2013

Dear Millennials: Get Over Yourselves and Get to Work

This is a guest post by Michael Hendrix in response to the recent debate sparked by a provocative post on millennials and Gen Y “yuppie culture.” Michael serves as the director for emerging issues and research at the U.S. Continue Reading...

September 20, 2013

Revival, Calvin Coolidge, and Recovering America’s Foundations

Often many on the political right believe that reform or change in the country is just one election or another president away. Some declare another Ronald Reagan can fix America’s problems, but entirely miss that there may be no culture left to support a president like Reagan. Continue Reading...

September 20, 2013

Friday Night Videos 09.20.13

Bootleggers and Baptists Onion News Network: Nation Just Wants To Be Safe, Happy, Rich, Comfortable, Entertained At All Times Continue Reading...

September 20, 2013

Come See That the Church is Already Diverse Racially, Culturally, and Ethnically

American Christians have a tendency to see their own denomination, local church, association of partner churches, and so on, as “the church.” With this reduction comes a number of blind spots about what the church looks like around the world. Continue Reading...

September 20, 2013

The Golden Key of Soul Freedom

In an interview with Christianity Today, social critic Os Guinness explains why religious liberty it necessary for societal flourishing: Americans employ the term “religious freedom,” while Europeans prefer the roughly synonymous term “freedom of religion and belief.” Continue Reading...