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'No Religion, Please. We're European.' | Acton PowerBlog

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". 8216;No Religion, Please. We’re European.’. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. It is no secret that Europe is becoming less and less religious. A 2010 survey. Take for example Slovakia. The National Bank of Slovakia. Has ordered the removal of religious symbolism for a coin minted specifically for that nation’s celebration of the arrival of Christianity in that nation. Stanislav Zvolensky, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Bratislava, that nation&#821...

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The Real Lesson of Prohibition | Acton PowerBlog

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". The Real Lesson of Prohibition. Tuesday, October 29, 2013. In 1919 Congress passed the Volstead Act enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting, for almost all purposes, the production, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. There are two erroneous things everybody has learned from Prohibition, says Anthony Esolen. The real lessons of Prohibition, though, go unheeded:. No one blinks when that same government decides what goes o...

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Supreme Court Protects Little Sisters of the Poor | Acton PowerBlog

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". Supreme Court Protects Little Sisters of the Poor. Monday, January 27, 2014. 8220;It was extremely unwise of Obama to take on the Little Sisters of the Poor,” says Robert P. George. 8220;They are simply too strong an opponent. What was he thinking? Read more . . . A Prescription for Health Care Reform. Access to health care is a basic requirement of a just social order. Physician Donald Condit, drawing on an impressive array of empiric...

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The Myth of Homo Economicus | Acton PowerBlog

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". The Myth of Homo Economicus. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. As a social psychologist, I have long been amused by economists and their curiously delusional notion of the ‘rational man.’ writes Carol Tavris. Where do these folks live? In a review of behavioral economist Richard Thaler’s new book,. Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. As Father Sirico writes in the concluding chapter of his book,. Defending the Free Market. In real life...

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Samuel Gregg: Benedict’s Creative Minority | Acton PowerBlog

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". Samuel Gregg: Benedict’s Creative Minority. Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Acton commentary from Research Director Samuel Gregg. Sign up for. Acton News and Commentary. In the wake of Benedict XVI’s recent trip to Britain, we have witnessed yet again most journalists’ inability to read this pontificate accurately. Whether it was Queen Elizabeth’s gracious welcoming address. Prime Minister David Cameron’s sensible reflections. Such is the f...

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How the Federal Government May Put Christian Schools Out of Business | Acton PowerBlog

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". How the Federal Government May Put Christian Schools Out of Business. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. With seven words It is going to be an issue the U.S. government signaled to orthodox Christian colleges and universities that if they don’t drop their opposition to same-sex marriage they will lose their tax exempt status. Those words came yesterday when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in. Obergefell v. Hodges. GENERAL VERRILLI: You know...

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There’s No First Amendment Exception for 'Hate Speech' | Acton PowerBlog

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". There’s No First Amendment Exception for ‘Hate Speech’. Friday, May 15, 2015. 8220;I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”. That line was written in 1906 by Evelyn Beatrice Hall to describe Voltaire’s attitude towards a fellow rival French philosopher. For the next hundred years that line was often quoted to express a particularly American ideal of toleration and the importance of free speech.

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". Author Profile: Elise Hilton. Communications Specialist at Acton Institute. M.A. in World Religions. Blog posts by Elise Hilton:. Samuel Gregg: An American Archbishop, Conscience And Unions. Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Samuel Gregg: A New View Of Natural Law. Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Samuel Gregg: Why Does The Left Keep Winning? Monday, October 19, 2015. Only in Jerusalem: Building Institutions Of Freedom. Thursday, October 15, 2015.

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Samuel Gregg On Ratzinger And A Culture Of Ignorance | Acton PowerBlog

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.". Samuel Gregg On Ratzinger And A Culture Of Ignorance. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. We are five months into 2015, and life is still unjust. People are still ignorant and hurting each other. All the things we hope and pray for – peace, love, faith, understanding – still seem unattainable. Ratzinger has seen in his lifetime a world transformed from celebrating widespread Catholic feast days in the years of Our Lord,. Many professional interfaith ...