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July 05, 2017

Understanding the President’s Cabinet: Director of the CIA

Note: This is the post #23 in a weekly series of explanatory posts on the officials and agencies included in the President’s Cabinet. See the series introduction here. Cabinet position: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) (Note: This office became a cabinet-level position in February 2017.) Continue Reading...
July 05, 2017

TV Special on Michael Novak

EWTN will air a new, one hour special on the life of Michael Novak Sunday, July 9 at 1:30 PM & 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, July 11 at 1:00 PM ET, and Wednesday, July 12 at 4:00 PM. Continue Reading...
July 05, 2017

What if there were no profits?

Like many oth­ers, Pope Francis fails to see the good of profit, says Dylan Pahman in this week’s Acton Commentary. There is a false dichotomy here between profits and poverty. Stock markets measure company value, which is related to profit but not the same, and people can idolize that. Continue Reading...
July 03, 2017

Can this transatlantic policy make America great again?

As the United States prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, too many American workers are on a permanent vacation. Seven million American men in their prime working years are not working nor actively seeking work, something that inflicts a multitude of harms upon them and society as a whole. Continue Reading...