The modern world was founded on the myth of maximum production and consumption. It installs technology as a means to ensure collective survival, allow more efficient control of life and provide solutions to all problems. Through the use of advertising, it proposes a utopia which is actually unattainable in this vale of tears. Nevertheless, sociologist … Read more
“This is my kind of book! I’m really into hearing and learning more about our broken economy. I enjoy finding out about the hidden truths and outright lies we are expected to believe. The fact that 20 years of research was done is frosting on the cake!” – Jason Carroll Is Technology Ruining Your Life? … Read more
7. Silence is golden: Once a week, go to church and pray in silence for 10 to 15 minutes. If nothing comes to mind to pray for, spend time in silence. You don’t absolutely need to pray, but you can gain from simply opening your soul and listening to God, who silently speaks to your … Read more
By Gary J. Isbell Chili’s, the national Mexican restaurant chain, has announced that it will be installing 45,000 tablet-style ordering stations nationwide. This gives patrons the ability, so to speak, to order online while seated and not have to interact with waiters. Why the change, one might ask? According to Chili’s, patrons feel as though … Read more
CHANDLER, AZ (June, 2014) – Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society —Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, and Where We Need to Go by John Horvat II has earned an honorable mention in the General-Nonfiction category at the 2014 New York Book Festival. “I am so pleased to … Read more
Please take a moment to read the article, “The Big Idea Behind Cantor’s Fall” by conservative columnist Robert Knight. The article appears in The Washington Times of June 13th. It deals with the role of bigness in government and cites the book Return to Order and the concept of “frenetic intemperance,” which is developed in … Read more
There is the prevailing myth that the Church is opposed to prosperity and that poverty is considered an ideal to be sought after. Such a perspective ignores the reality of Church history which shows that the Church encouraged a healthy and balanced economy based on virtue and the need for profit. In this respect, historian … Read more
Written constitutions are relatively modern inventions. In fact, the American Constitution was one of the first to be put in print. Prior to that time, historians explain, all law was considered sacred and untouchable. Indeed most eighteenth-century Americans before the Revolution would have understood the term constitution to be the sum of a nation’s common … Read more
Many people think that government stimulus packages are the way to produce prosperity since taxpayers’ money serves as a mechanism to jumpstart the economy. However, what really provides the basis for prosperity is trust. Trust gets things done efficiently and quickly. Sociologist Robert Putnam explains: “A society characterized by generalized reciprocity is more efficient than … Read more
The $18 trillion national debt is commonly used as a sign of the sad state of the American economy. However, America is not alone in its debt woes. If misery loves company, then America has plenty, with most major countries ringing up similar arrears. The world debt figure has now reached an alarming $100 trillion … Read more
