Tea Party Movement

October 30, 2013

There is Still No Tea Party Movement

There was something wrong with Zhang’s dog. The Chinese man had bought the Pomeranian on a business trip, but after he brought it home he found the animal to be wild and difficult to train. Continue Reading...

October 21, 2013

DeMint on Changing Washington’s Political Culture

There’s a fascinating profile of Jim DeMint, the new president of the Heritage Foundation, in BusinessWeek, which makes a good pairing for this NYT piece that focuses on the GOP’s “civil war” between establishment Republicans and Tea Partiers. Continue Reading...

October 16, 2013

Tea Party Catholic: A Round-Up

Tea Party Catholic: The Catholic Case for Limited Government, A Free Economy and Human Flourishing, the new book by Acton’s Director of Research Samuel Gregg, has received a review from Fr. Continue Reading...

March 16, 2012

What Jeremiah and Ezekiel Can Teach the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street

“If Christians want to advance the common good,” says D.C. Innes in a a review of the new documentary With Liberty or Justice for All, “they should turn to their own hearts, not the government.” Continue Reading...

August 24, 2011

The Folly of More Centralized Power

My commentary this week addresses the importance of federalism and our fundamental founding principles in relation to the problems that plague the nation. There was once plenty of commentary and finger pointing in regards to setting a new tone of political and civil discourse in the nation. Continue Reading...

October 19, 2010

Rev. Robert Sirico: The Tea Party Movement and Catholic Social Teaching

Rev. Robert Sirico talked about the Tea Party movement and Catholic Social Teaching yesterday with Al Kresta on Ave Maria Radio. Click on the link below to listen: [audio: http://bonhoeffer.acton.org/acton_media/mp3/2010-10-18_Sirico.mp3] From Kresta in the Afternoon: The Tea Party Movement: How Does it Gel With Catholic Social Teaching? Continue Reading...