Sinning Against a Union?

“Catholic scholars say those who thwart labor unions commit mortal sin,” says the headline from Catholic News Service.
It’s an accurate characterization of a statement released by a group called Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice. (You can read the statement… Read More

Freedom in Free Fall

If you’re known by the company you keep, then the United States may want to re-think its economic policy.
The 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, a joint publication of the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, measures the world’s… Read More

Wikipedia: Freedom in Community

Ten years ago this month, Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales hired Larry Sanger to develop an online encyclopedia. You may have never heard of that project, titled “Nupedia,” but you’ve probably heard of the site that emerged from its ashes. Wikipedia… Read More

School Choice and the Common Good of all Children

The United States justifiably celebrates its pluralism. The mandate to find unity in diversity—e pluribus unum—is predicated not on the premise that all peculiarities of creed or color must be washed away; instead, it insists that all such cultural and… Read More

Give Temperance a Chance

Just about every state has dealt with the issue over the last few years, it seems. But here in Ohio, the legal status of gambling is the issue that won’t go away. It’s on the ballot again in November ,… Read More

The Paradox of Liberty

There is a paradox at the heart of liberty, a tension between our desiring what is good and our willingness to sacrifice true happiness for fleeting satisfaction. “Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom,” abolitionist Wendell Phillips said. Lord Acton… Read More

Religious Freedom Doesn’t Mean Religious Silence

The rights of conscience, Pope John Paul II once wrote, are the “primary foundation of every authentically free political order.” If that is so, then we better redouble our vigilance. Here in the United States, where we fancy ourselves religiously… Read More

An Ode to Power

“Power permits people to do enormous good,” Lord Acton once said, “and absolute power enables them to do even more.”
This wisdom from the nineteenth-century’s champion of state prerogative applies as well today. Politicians are crippled by the lack of… Read More

Choosing a Prosperous Future

The children are our future, goes the hackneyed phrase. It is gag-inducing when issued from the mouths of politicians and celebrities, but its truth can’t be denied.
Which makes it all the more important that we make strides to improve… Read More

Selfless Giving and Tempered Trading

In all cultures that are stamped by Christian influence (and in some that are not), most people celebrate Christmas. Among other forms of marking the holiday, probably the most common is the custom of exchanging gifts. This extraordinary way of… Read More

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