In his social encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891), Leo XIII condemned socialism for rejecting private property and instigating class warfare. But the historical evolution of the concept made it
The classical liberal movement lost one of its strongest voices when economist Steven Horwitz passed away after a long fight with cancer on June 27, 2021. “I still believe the world is
The standard critique of woke capitalism is that woke ideas are ruining business. Instead of engaging in political activism, companies should focus on turning a profit by creating superior
The Honorable Henry Hyde, in a speech to the National Right to Life Committee, reminded the Committee of something I hope you will never forget. He said that we are not “playing to the
It is rare to find in a single work a carefully documented intellectual history of Islam as well as a cri de coeur for contemporary reforms—or at least it is rare to find both tasks done
Those of us who have a reached a certain age remember the time when a popular cliché declared the “end of ideology.” The idea was first formulated in 1960 in a book of the same title by
Today’s cries for justice come highly stylized. People don’t want “justice, and only justice,” the justice of Deuteronomy 16:20. No, they want justice plus. They want social justice, racial
As anyone who has spent time in the world of ideas knows, the word ideology is ubiquitous. For some people, it’s simply shorthand or a synonym for their political philosophical beliefs. When
Religion forms culture, and culture dictates laws. A core element of culture is its understanding of the human person and of marriage, sexuality, and the family. In the post-Christian era
It’s difficult to know who to trust these days. We are bombarded with competing claims, perspectives, and information, and at such a rapid pace, it almost induces vertigo. MIT professor
Saint John Paul II famously said that the problem with pornography “is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.” The pornographer, in presenting a woman
Just over 100 days into President Joe Biden’s administration, whatever hopes we held out that he would govern as a moderate are gone. The president seems determined to transform American