Jonah Goldberg discusses the problems brought about for the West by the resurgence of nationalism, populism, and identity politics in a plenary address at Acton University 2019 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Mari-Ann Kelam was raised in the United States by Estonian parents who had survived World War II only to find their homeland occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of the war. She grew up with an acute appreciation for the Estonian language, culture, and people and served as Vice President of the Estonian American National Council during the last years of the Soviet Empire. In this role she lobbied Congress and U.S.

In a lecture titled "Islam and Freedom: The Challenge and The Hope", Mustafa Akyol—senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity—discusses political and social problems that exist in the Muslim world, including authoritarianism and terrorism, and the prospects for finding ways to strengthen the idea of individual liberty within the Islamic world.

To be economically literate requires neither formal training nor advanced study. For those with the inclination, the most valuable economic principles can be understood with just a little nurturing of the so-called “economic way of thinking.” In this lecture, Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. shares how she sees the economic way of thinking as instructive in some of the ways we can love, too. What does economics have to say about our love for mankind? our neighbors around the globe?

How Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg forged a consensus that helped make the American Century.

This is a less than 4 minute excerpt of Rev. Timothy Keller's talk at the Acton Institute's 28th Anniversary Dinner at the JW Marriott Grand Rapids in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The dinner was held on October 17, 2018.

Speaking at the Acton Institute 28th Anniversary Dinner, Rev. Timothy Keller discusses the problems inherent in trying to find one's identity by looking within yourself.

Margarita Mooney, Associate Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, delivers an alumna report and the night's invocation at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The dinner took place on October 17, 2018.