Posts by Rev. Ben Johnson
February 27, 2018
In her CPAC speech, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen linked free trade with slavery in the developing world.
The former member of the French National Assembly said:
If we want to make France great again, we must defend our economic interests in the global market. Continue Reading...
February 26, 2018
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen at CPAC: A classical liberal?
It is no secret that conservatism has been suffering an identity crisis since at least the end of the Cold War. But inviting French National Front member Marion Maréchal-Le Pen to address CPAC has stirred debate over another political label: classical liberal. Continue Reading...
February 22, 2018
(Sir) Billy Graham: Labour Party ‘created a thousand economic problems’
“The Queen will be sending a private message of condolence to the family of Billy Graham,” Buckingham Palace announced Wednesday. The Netflix series The Crown portrays the real-life friendship between Rev. Continue Reading...
February 21, 2018
7 quotations by Billy Graham on work, free enterprise, and communism
Earlier today, Reverend Billy Graham passed away at the age of 99. He will be remembered as a global evangelist, a counselor to presidents, a dispenser of wisdom via his daily advice column, and – for millions – the man who led them to believe in Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. Continue Reading...
February 19, 2018
The Oxfam scandal is about more than sex
Oxfam released its internal report on the Haiti scandal Monday, exposing that the controversy enveloping the agency was deeper and more expansive than previously known.
In addition to the details already made public, the report states that allegations of fraud, negligence, sexual harassment, nepotism, and accessing pornography on an Oxfam computer led to four firings and three resignations. Continue Reading...
February 16, 2018
Oxfam’s ‘little gods’ exploit the poor
In a tragic irony, Oxfam has demonstrated the injustice of a certain kind of inequality.
The international charity, which is known for its annual report on income inequality, is mired in scandal involving sexual coercion by its employees, possible pedophilia, and lying to a government agency in order to maintain taxpayer funding. Continue Reading...
February 13, 2018
NPR: If you have to beg, do it in a capitalist country
Christian life relies on faith, not on sight. But it is a serendipity when social science bears out its teachings about spiritual and religious freedom – and it is particularly delicious when those findings are featured on NPR. Continue Reading...
February 12, 2018
When does interest become usury?
“Usury humiliates and kills,” Pope Francis recently told the John Paul II Anti-Usury Non Profit Association in Italy. “Usury is a grave sin. It kills life, stomps on human dignity, promotes corruption, and sets up obstacles to the common good.” Continue Reading...
February 08, 2018
5 reasons China is not ‘best implementing’ Catholic social teaching
“Right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese,” said Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, the chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. He contrasted China, which has a “positive national conscience,” favorably with U.S. Continue Reading...
February 06, 2018
10 facts about the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the UK
Women in the UK received the right to vote for the first time 100 years ago today: February 6, 1918. Numerous cities are celebrating the centenary today and throughout the season. Continue Reading...