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Happy Birthday Marines!

Today marks the 239th birthday of the finest fighting force in the history of the world. The Marine Corps Birthday makes me nostalgic for the good ol’ days of . . Continue Reading...

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November 10, 2014

There’s More to the Story About the 90-Year-Old Charged With Feeding the Homeless

Cities across America – from Pensacola, Florida to Honolulu, Hawaii — have increasingly taken strong measures to discourage the homeless from making a home within their city limits. So it didn’t seem surprising when the media ran with a story last week about two pastors and a 90-year-old homeless advocate “Charged With Feeding Homeless.” Continue Reading...

November 10, 2014

Watch Live: Acton-CUA Event on Religious and Economic Liberty

Throughout Western developed nations, there is dawning recognition that robust protections for religious liberty can no longer be taken for granted. Less understood are the ways in which infringements of other political, civil and commercial forms of freedom can subtly undermine religious liberty. Continue Reading...

November 10, 2014

Buying Babies And The Industrialization Of Parenthood

“How am I supposed to get a baby?” There are many people who cannot get pregnant and have a child. Some are infertile. Some are single and have no one that wishes to parent with them. Continue Reading...

November 07, 2014

No Midterm Elections Could Save Europe

Things really aren’t looking good across the pond. Acton’s Director of Research, Samuel Gregg, has written quite a bit about the decline in Europe. His latest ‘Meanwhile, Europe is (Still) Burning’ in the American Spectator, discusses the inability or unwillingness of European governments to respond to economic trouble. Continue Reading...

November 07, 2014

Why Aren’t Sexual Assaults on College Campuses Treated Like Actual Crimes?

The Education Department has concluded an investigation at Princeton University, and determined that the school violated the Title IX gender equity law in its handling of sexual assault cases. What did Princeton do wrong? Continue Reading...

November 07, 2014

Giving God What We Already Have

“What would happen if instead of focusing on what we don’t have, we consider what God has already given us — our talents, our dreams, our motivations — and offer them back to Him as an act of worship?” Continue Reading...

November 07, 2014

Nuns’ Bus a Trojan Horse

More groups are beginning to notice the hypocrisy of nuns advocating for progressive causes, including and especially their stumping for campaign finance disclosure. Over at Juicy Ecumenism, the blog published by the Institute of Religion & Democracy, guest writer T.J. Continue Reading...

November 07, 2014

Unemployment as Economic-Spiritual Indicator — October 2014 Report

Series Note: Jobs are one of the most important aspects of a morally functioning economy. They help us serve the needs of our neighbors and lead to human flourishing both for the individual and for communities. Continue Reading...

November 07, 2014

United Nations Charged With Birth Control Subterfuge In Kenya

People are not lab rats. Regardless of who they are, where they live, how much money they have or don’t have, people are not to be used for scientific experimentation without their permission. Continue Reading...

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