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Rome’s Graffiti and Bastiat’s Broken Windows
- Money & Economics
- Thursday, August 5th, 2010
- Kishore Jayabalan
[Yesterday's] Wall Street Journal has a nice piece about the problem of graffiti in Rome and the obstacles to cleaning it all up.
While the graffiti are certainly an eyesore in an otherwise beautiful city, there is also great economic… Read More
Pope Benedict’s Economic Realism
- Archives
- Saturday, March 7th, 2009
- Kishore Jayabalan
In his first detailed public statement about the global financial crisis, Pope Benedict XVI may be revealing the outline of his forthcoming — and highly anticipated — social encyclical.
Besides a few general statements warning against greed and urging solidarity,… Read More
Benedict and World Youth Day: Becoming Adults in Christ
- Archives
- Saturday, August 20th, 2005
- Kishore Jayabalan
Pope Benedict XVI is back in the international media spotlight this week, gracing the covers of Time and Newsweek, as he makes his first trip outside of Italy, to Cologne, Germany for the 20th World Youth Day. That a Catholic… Read More
Is Europe’s Statist Nightmare Ending?
- Archives
- Monday, June 6th, 2005
- Kishore Jayabalan
I was traveling to Paris just before the French referendum on the European Union Constitution, not quite sure how to react to its impending defeat.
Most of the voices against the Constitutional Treaty were from the socialist Left, who criticized… Read More
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“Teach me to pray, Lord. Teach me to pray in your name, to pray with faith, to pray unceasingly. Teach me to pray for the people you have entrusted to my care. You want to shower your graces down upon…
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Celebrate St. Joseph’s Feast Tonight!
Pasta di San Giuseppe
(St. Joseph Pasta – Pasta with Sardines)
Italians have a great devotion to St Joseph, and the dishes they prepare to celebrate the feast day inevitably have a cute reference to him. Just before you serve…
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