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Sandy Hook: the View from Mars
This week, in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook, we’ve been hearing it over and over again, even…
Browsing: The Social Order
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The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker
There is a well-known passage in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (book I, chapter 2) that runs thus: It is not from…
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Free to Choose?
Americans’ affirmation of the “right to choose” is a feature of our national identity. No matter where you go or…
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Let’s Get On With Being Catholic
The 2012 national election is over, and the winners are those who support the legalized killing of innocent human beings,…
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America’s Growing Government Class
The latest unemployment figures are again depressing, but not for the usual reasons. They provide further confirmation of Barack Obama’s…
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Why is Government (and Society) Discouraging Childbearing?
A recent Family in America conference in D.C. lays out the problem, and speaker Jennifer Roback-Morse provides a solution. Past…
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Welfareship: France’s Status Quo, America’s Future?
Welfare has become a characteristic of President Obama’s domestic policies. There has been a surge in American citizens on welfare…
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The LBJ Curse on the Black Vote
Gov. Mitt Romney’s devastating loss to President Barack Obama is producing all sorts of interesting discussion. The analysis shows, again,…
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On Writing in Dark Times
In a (very) recent episode of the confessional Lutheran podcast “Issues, Etc.,” Matt Harrison, interviewing Allan Carlson, reflected on the…
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Restoring the Foundations of Civil Society
In the wake of President Obama’s decisive reelection, the GOP is engaged in some serious soul-searching. Pundits on the Right…