Congratulations to Taylor University. It is good to see evangelical colleges serving the common good and loving their neighbors in this way. Here is Kathryn Post at Religion News Service: Taylor University, a leading evangelical institution about an hour northeast […]
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I’m not going to pay for that guy’s kid to be educated
What is the common good? Should a person or couple with no children have to pay taxes to support public education? It seems to have to come this. Here is Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic: The Times’ Dan Barry reported on […]
Catholic social teaching as an alternative to neoliberalism
Anthony Annett of Fordham University articulates the differences between neoliberalism and Catholic social teaching. Here are some of those differences: Neoliberalism defines human motivation in terms of self-interest. Catholic social teaching defines human motivation in terms of “solidarity, reciprocity, and […]
Tocqueville said that “selfishness originates in blind instinct: individualism proceeds from erroneous judgment.” Both are at work in our mask wars.
What is happening to America? The Donald Trump presidency is primarily responsible this mess. He lifted the veil of civility and empowered the kind of people you see and hear about in the video I posted below. If the republic […]
Do Americans still believe in the common good?
It’s a fair question. Here is Kentucky-based writer Silas House at The Atlantic: Refusing to sacrifice for the common good is an American problem, not just a Kentucky one; opposition to masking and vaccination is happening in such disparate places […]
Practice virtue. Get vaccinated
On Wednesday I wrote a piece at Current titled, “Love Your Neighbor. Get Vaccinated.” I discussed the resistance to vaccines in the evangelical community and focused a significant portion of the piece on talk radio show host and author Eric […]
“Without a commons, there is no common good”: What religion can teach the secular Left.
Over at Commonweal, David Albertson and Jason Blakeley argue that if the Left wants to succeed, they must address “the crisis of civic belonging.” Here is a taste: Much of the Left today is focused on proposing policies and dismantling structures. […]