It is no secret that most American cities lack the dynamism and life that they once had. Cities used to be places where people lived, worked, met and spent their leisure together. Today, with the exception of a few cities like New York City, downtowns are largely vacant and lifeless. Roger Scuton, commenting … Read more
By Joseph Jordan July 22 started as a bleak and overcast day, somehow fitting for the funeral of Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, the great Catholic Vietnam War hero, who endured many a bleak and dreary day during seven years and seven months of torture at the hands of the Communist North Vietnamese. His life was … Read more
CHANDLER, AZ (July 24, 2014) – Family, honor, faith and positive role models are the most powerful tools Americans have to reclaim their great country from the throes of social and economic chaos, according to the two distinguished presenters of “Return to Family: Getting Your Family Fired Up About Honor, Role Models and the Faith.” … Read more
CHANDLER, AZ (July 24, 2014) – The nation is on course for self-destruction as a result of ignoring our God-given moral compass, which ultimately keeps everything in balance, according to John Horvat II, author of Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society —Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, and … Read more
CHANDLER, AZ (July 24, 2014) – The author of a book that is sparking a national discussion about returning America to order will be holding a book signing on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at Books-A-Million in Hagerstown, Maryland. John Horvat, II, author, scholar and international speaker, will be greeting readers, signing books and answering questions … Read more
“It is rare that a book of this depth is also a pleasure to read” CHANDLER, AZ (July 26, 2014) – Summer sales are surging for Return to Order, the book that has Americans talking and thinking about how to save the nation from social and economic chaos. The award-winning book is driving discussions from … Read more
Among news commentators throughout the West, there is the constant complaint that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Numerous books and articles are quick to criticize the present economic system as the cause of these ills. They claim capital tends to concentrate indefinitely and propose a tax-the-rich solution as the … Read more
It is interesting to note the different perceptions of how people perceive what they do for a living. Finance professor Bernard Lietaer makes the distinction by noting the original meanings of the words ‘job’ and ‘work.’ He writes: The word ‘Job’ is recent; it dates from the Industrial Revolution. It was initially defined as a … Read more
Dr. Samuel Gregg is director of research at the Acton Institute. He has written and spoken extensively on questions of political economy, economic history, ethics in finance, and natural law theory. He has authored several books including Becoming Europe: Economic Decline, Culture, and America’s Future, and most recently Tea Party Catholic. Dr. Gregg took some time out … Read more
American law’s attachment to higher law dates back before independence as can be seen in this reference from renowned English jurist Sir William Blackstone: “This law of nature, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all … Read more
