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Time and eternity: The abiding profit
With the destruction of this present form of the world, will the fruit of common grace be destroyed forever, or will that rich and multiform development for which common grace has equippedMoney and moral absolutes
From the beginning of the first forms of capitalism in northern Italy, Flanders, and other parts of medieval Europe from the eleventh century onward, many of the merchants involved inHard Times for Free Trade
Every four years, Europeans ask me to make sense of the strange happenings of the U.S. presidential campaign. It’s usually a pretty straight forward explanation, with the Democrats cast as
Martin Luther on Vocation and Serving Our Neighbors
For Martin Luther, vocation is nothing less than the locus of the Christian life. God works in and through vocation, but he does so by calling human beings to work in their vocations. In
The EU: Global Judicial Despotism and the International Criminal Court
The European Union’s goal of creating a post-nation-state, supranationally governed world — in which nations give up key aspects of their national sovereignty to a web of international
Feel the Romantic Bern
Public choice theory, which applies to the realm of politics the rational-actor postulate of economists, rightly enjoys a high regard among advocates of liberty. From voting habits to
Alexander Hamilton’s warning to fans of Trump and Sanders: Populism endangers liberty
Populism is in. Reason is out. That picture seems to characterize contemporary American politics. While Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are campaigning for two different parties’ presidential nominations, the two men share in common an incoherent populism. Whether it’s Trump’s tirades about China or Senator Sanders’ insistence that the government can do just about everything and anything, both follow the classic populist playbook.
Pope Francis, Donald Trump, and the problem of populism
As different as they are, Pope Francis and Donald Trump are populists who are thriving on the widespread dissatisfaction with our religious and political institutions. Rather than subvert or further weaken those institutions, they really should be reinforcing them and thereby educating their adoring masses. Perhaps they still can, but they would have to tone down the very rhetoric that has made them so popular.
Crossing the waters of freedom
Although its roots are often attributed to Latin America, liberation theology was born in German schools of theology in the early twentieth century. From this birthplace in the ivory towers of the Old World, priests and theologians brought it to the jungles and plains of the New. Troubled by the genuine needs of the natives, these populist theologians challenged the pre-capitalist system that perpetuated the poverty of Latin lands.
A conservative’s odyssey: Russell Kirk and twentieth-century American conservatism
Though it’s not accurate to say that modern American conservativism did not exist until the publication of Russell Kirk’s The Conservative Mind (1953), it—along with Kirk’s subsequent writings—provided serious intellectual substance to the reaction against modern liberalism that surfaced during Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign and culminated in Ronald Reagan’s 1980 victory. One of the many strengths of Bradley J.
Determinism, dependency, and the irreducible person
Sociological determinism informs our public policy. Those with a stake in the maintenance and expansion of government bureaucracies feed upon pathology and find a willing constituency among those who perceive the world in terms of victims and perpetrators. If men are not free, they are not responsible for their misdeeds and ought instead to be treated with pity for falling prey to tragic misfortunes. They are to be healed by those who understand their powerlessness.
Lessons of the water crisis
As a native of Flint, Michigan, I am very saddened by the contaminated water crisis that has broken out in my hometown and has now gathered international attention. What’s even sadder is that I am not terribly shocked that such a crisis could take place there.