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We are made in the image and likeness of God which means that God put us here for a purpose: to participate in the redemption of his

Politicians and pundits are struggling to understand this populist moment. Are a shrinking workforce and a contemptuous, divided culture

Most ​do ​not ​think ​of ​C.S. ​Lewis ​as ​a ​political ​thinker, ​yet ​Lewis ​thought ​deeply ​about ​politics, ​human ​nature, ​and

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America, “Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. Religion is much more

After ​World ​War ​II, ​Bill ​Buckley, ​Frank ​Meyer, ​and ​others ​assembled ​the ​“three-legged ​stool” ​of ​modern ​American

Albert Einstein once wrote, “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” The product of 95 years worth of additions, subtractions, deductions, and exclusions, it has become such a headache that many are calling for it to be drastically simplified or even removed all together.

The purpose of this conference is to explore the idea of “social justice” and compare and evaluate it against the understanding this concept now evokes in contemporary debates about justice and political order. The all-encompassing claims made on behalf of social justice in these debates often translate into calls for the reduction of personal liberty and a concomitant increase in state power to distribute material goods and the resources of private enterprise in common.

Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore. From TOMs Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, the film challenges each of us to ask the tough question: Could I be part of the problem?