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‘No Kings’: A Prologue to Farce We can avoid the cataclysm anytime we choose to, by returning to reality, to reason, to ‘the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.’” — Notre Dame’s Robert Reilly in “America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding” I AM DISHEARTENED that 5,000 of my neighbors in one of the most staid Read the full article…
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Reimagining Dr. Naismith’s Game “The only thing that is exactly as it seems is professional wrestling.” — Unknown OK, I’M GOING TO SAY IT: The play of the National Basketball Association is unwatchable. Look, I’ve tried, especially this week as the Pacers make a historic bid for a championship. But the definition of a sport includes standard rules. Otherwise, Read the full article…
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Getting Serious About Crime HAVE WE FINALLY REACHED the tipping point on violent urban crime? A Crime Stopper info-commercial playing on the local airwaves is encouraging in that regard. Such info-commercials don’t usually provide much in the way of crime-fighting strategies. They explore root causes, delve into social concerns, making certain to respect all cultures while Read the full article…
Franke: Those Pesky Tariffs
by Mark Franke If nearly all economists agree that tariffs are bad, why are they so popular? This was the focus of last month’s gathering of my Socratic discussion group. To help us dissect this apparent paradox, we were joined by two academic economists as subject-matter experts. Our guests provided a short primer on the Read the full article…
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Beckwith Is Right SOMEHOW, the Declaration of Independence has become controversial once more. When written, of course, it was highly so, laying out the rationale for a people to break free from what was then the default — an oppressive king and a state religion. But we had assumed — wrongly, it seems — that the Read the full article…
McGowan: A New Pope
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. In the last 20 years of teaching business ethics, I asked my students to read Pope Leo XIII’s essay, “Rerum Novarum” (On the New Things). If they did the reading, they encountered ideas from John Locke and Adam Smith. Therefore, that the new pope chose to be named Pope Leo XIV bodes well, Read the full article…
