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Addition by subtraction: Placing limits on government
Getting rid of bad laws is "doing something," as central to the role of the legislator as making new ones.Tort Reform and Thomas More: Lessons from a Christian lawyer
Christian lawyers should ask themselves whether they model their litigation practice upon someone like Thomas More or, by contrast, their neighborhood ambulance-chaser.Back to School on Catholic Social Teaching
In towns across America, students returned to school lastweek. Many returned to government schools, others to charter or privateschools, and some 2.4 million entered the halls of Catholic schools.The patent process: A critical tool for stewardship
By making free exchange possible, patents and property allow us to satisfy our needs without resorting to force.The Manchurian mistake
In the remake of 1962's The Manchurian Candidate, the Chinese Communist enemies are now corporate overlords.Magistrates and ministers: A case for faith-based prison reform
In order to effectively address the future of those who have committed crimes, government officials and politicians must continue to increase their recognition of the critical role faith-based organizations play in the reform of criminals and the contribution to a healthy and vibrant society.Does government know best?
A sound Christian understanding of the role of the state views government, not as an end in itself, but as a means to serve the common good. The nature of government is penultimate: the good of its citizens should be placed before the good of government's institutional interests.The answer is (not) blowin' in the wind
As a matter of policy, to base any significant stake on wind power would be sheer folly.Ecumenical economics: Confessing against the empire
The World Alliance of Reformed Churches task force on economics blames neoliberal capitalism for nearly every ill on God's green earth: disease, hunger, crime, violence, and pollution.Talented economies
In true economies the consumer is the master, the company is the servant, and the economy itself is the realm in which talents are measured and rewards conferred.A hard lesson on home schools
Education involves both the student's mind and the character.Washington pushes for charity regulation: A Sarbanes-Oxley for the nonprofit world?
Recent Senate hearings about nonprofits were a confusing grab bag of unrelated issues and anecdotal horror stories, which communicated a gross misunderstanding of how the nonprofit world really works