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Boycotts do not help the poor
No matter how bad off you think these workers are, there is one sure way to make their plight worse: cut off their place within the economy of the division of labor.The tithe: Land rent to God
The tithe, one of the most critical facets of the economic Law, is much misunderstood today. It may be that non-farm laborers kept 100 percent of their income, tax-free.Morality and liability
The goal of any legal reform should be toward an evenhanded system of strict liability that would, insofar as it is possible, place blame for damages on those who caused the damage, while not unjustly punishing those who appear to have deep pockets.Christianity and liberty defined
The key to reconciling Christianity and classical liberalism by means of reconciling their definitions of freedom can be found in the Christian understanding of human nature.New attitudes toward an old problem
Many of us have a misguided understanding of how to be compassionate to those in poverty.Sustaining people and planet: The moral challenge of the twenty-first century
We are by nature creators who can transform the earth’s natural resources to better sustain life, not merely consumers doomed to deplete the earth’s natural resources.Another look at compassion and welfare
An important question needs to be raised: Is government welfare truly compassionate? Are the human needs of the people really served with governmental handouts?Jewish leaders assess John Paul II's pontificate
An American rabbi and the chief rabbi of Rome weigh in.An ally in defense of freedom
In many ways, despite theological differences, I found in the life and thought of John Paul II an ally and a well-formed defense of a society that is both free and virtuous.Days of history and holiness: Reflections on April in Rome
Many of the questions that came my way were of a personal nature, owing to the fact that I was baptized and confirmed by Pope John Paul in 1996, during the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.Doubled-edged sword: The power of the Word
St. Paul tells us to work with our own hands, to mind our affairs, and to aspire to live a tranquil life.Private Property and Public Good
From the beginning of human history, humans have exercised dominion over the material world. All components of nature (other than persons themselves) are resources that can be rightly used, and in some instances used up, for the benefit of persons. Through their use of things, people cause much of the material world to become property: that is, material morally tied in a special way to a particular person or persons.