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Devaluing the black family
Forty-three percent of black pregnancies end in abortion, according to a recent study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a leading research and advocacy organization promoting sex education. Nearly 70 percent of all black children are born out-of-wedlock. These two facts taken together should be perceived by everyone as clear evidence of a marriage and family crisis in black America.When poverty becomes profitable
Zambia is a classic example of misguided thinking.Trouncing tariffs
Justice and the common good demand that special privileges be ended and that the potential of economic freedom be tapped.Catholic bishops and the family farm
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released a new statement this month that examines important questions about farm owners, farm workers and government agricultural policy in light of the Church's social teaching.Religious leaders and social activism: Prophets or captives?
Religious leaders are always in danger of being 'captured' by someone with a cause. Why? Because anyone who can get a member of the clergy – or, better yet, an entire organization made up of clergy – behind their cause will immediately give their work moral legitimacy.How the clergy understands business: Reality versus caricature
Business leaders from around the world are not all the Ebeneezer Scrooges or Montgomery Burns-like caricatures portrayed in popular culture - or affirmed by the nation's pulpits.Betting on gambling is a risky wager
The drive to expand state-promoted gambling is being presented in a way that is devoid of any real moral reflection.The campaign against medical vinyl products: Patient care or political ends?
Creating more significant risks in an attempt to eliminate very small or theoretical ones is extraordinarily bad, and arguably even immoral, policy.Sister Nicole and ethical investing
One can only pray that "ethical investing" guidelines are shaped by authentically Catholic moral wisdom, rather than the political correctness that masquerades as moral reflection in much of Europe today.Success in Iraq: Guaranteed property rights as a precondition for democracy
Americans must focus on limited government and economic freedom as the key post-war objectives in Iraq.Shedding some light on the blackout: Is deregulation the culprit?
The real problem is too much federal oversight and regulation, rather than the opposite. The private sector has no incentive to invest in upgrading the expensive power infrastructure when the specter of greater government regulation is always looming.The Chavez road to serfdom
Liberty and democracy in Venezuela are crumbling under the dictatorial leadershipvof Hugo Chavez.