Caroline Roberts is a managing editor at the Acton Institute and produces Acton's weekly podcast, Acton Line.
Posts by Caroline Roberts
September 06, 2017
On this newest edition of Radio Free Acton, Gleaves Whitney, director of Grand Valley State’s Hauenstein center for Presidential Studies speaks with Bruce Edward Walker on Russell Kirk and “The Conservative Mind.” Afterwards Titus Techera talks about the new Amazon Prime series “Comrade Detective,” and how the communist satire is pro-free market.
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August 31, 2017
It’s time we “salute” the large group of American workers whose average commute to their jobs in the city takes as long as 60 minutes or more. For those living in New York City, San Francisco, or Washington D.C., the commute to and from work is often burdensome.
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August 30, 2017
This week’s edition of Radio Free Acton features a chat with economist Victor Claar about the outrage surrounding price gouging and Hurricane Harvey. Is it immoral to ratchet up prices in the face of disasters?
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August 23, 2017
This week on Radio Free Acton, we ask Ismael Hernandez, founder and president of the Freedom and Virtue Institute to give his opinions on the new film “Detroit,” depicting the 1967 12th Street Riots.
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August 18, 2017
President and Co-Founder of the Acton Institute, Rev. Robert Sirico, was recently interviewed on EWTN by news anchor Raymond Arroyo to discuss a recent controversial article published by La Civiltà Cattolica.
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August 15, 2017
Mark your calendars and register now for Acton Institute’s 27th annual dinner on October 18, held at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This year’s annual dinner will feature remarks from Acton Institute president Rev.
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August 15, 2017
Rev. Ben Johnson, senior editor at the Acton Institute, writes at CapX that bishops should refrain from encouraging sin taxes.
Recently in Poland, a letter written by bishop Tadeusz Bronakowski was read aloud in many Catholic churches, stating that the “state has a ‘responsibility’ to pass laws limiting alcohol’s ‘physical and economic availability,’ and to back them up with ‘ruthless enforcement.'” Johnson, however, asks bishops to take a look at historical records regarding sin taxes and reconsider their stance, because past and present sin taxes have resulted in a burgeoning black market.
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August 14, 2017
In an article published at the Witherspoon Institute titled
Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization, Samuel Gregg argues for the reaffirmation of Western civilization, its roots and its accomplishments.
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August 08, 2017
In a new article for the WSJ, writer William McGurn writes that while Pope Francis and the Vatican have stubbornly resisted speaking out against Venezuela’s regime, a recent uprising in Venezuela pushed the Vatican to finally admit “profound concern.” When the Pope and the Vatican criticize America however, their comments seem much more incendiary.
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August 07, 2017
Kishore Jayabalan, the director of Istituto Acton, Acton Institute’s Rome Office, recently appeared on EWTN Rome to discuss a controversial article published by
La Civiltà Cattolica and approved by the Vatican.
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