A nineteenth century French aristocrat may have understood contemporary Europe's dilemmas better than twenty-first century Europeans understand them themselves.
Sin taxes such as the fast food tax are quick fixes that would have serious economic and moral consequences. Government leaders really ought to address their own appetite for tax dollars.
Voluntary associations like the Elks and Kiwanis Club. These kinds of groups form an indispensable buffer between the individual and the State, fulfilling what Abraham Kuyper called the “organic life of society.”
We have already heard a thousand times or more that the new Pope is a conservative. As counterintuitive as this may sound, I believe that insofar as the new papacy has implications for economics and politics, it is in the direction of a humane and unifying liberalism.
The current system encourages litigation at the expense of forgiveness and understanding, thereby failing to serve justice as it is understood in the Judeo-Christian tradition
The pope's vision and perspective were always broader than particular issues in a given political or economic situation. What is remarkable is his vision of liberty and morality.
The hip hop generation has given rise to a multi-ethnic market of dehumanization that further erodes the fabric of our civil society. The current rap industry owes the civil rights leaders of the 1950s and 1960s a huge apology.