Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR. He writes: I’ve spent a lot of time talking about, listening to, and maybe even cursing at presidential candidates this year. I’ve spent precisely zero time praying for them. I can’t imagine the stress and scrutiny they face every day; they’re certainly in need… Read More Resetting Your Relationship with Politics This Lent
We are living in the middle of the Second Gilded Age. The American political system needs major reform to cope with the malign impact of elite economic interests on both electoral outcomes and the policies that our elected officials enact (or fail to enact). We need another Progressive Movement that cuts across partisan lines to… Read More Money & Politics: The System is Broken
Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Nation of Takers? by Nicholas Kristof: “However imperfectly, subsidies for the poor do actually reduce hunger, ease suffering and create opportunity, while subsidies for the rich result in more private jets and yachts. Would we rather subsidize opportunity or yachts? Which kind of subsidies deserve… Read More Around the Web
It is not unusual to hear Catholic political commentators say that the Church is above politics, that its teachings transcend the labels and descriptions that define our politics. In articles, commentaries and discussions, a person will inevitably encounter this caveat. Whether on torture, the HHS mandate or immigration, these figures contend they are merely applying… Read More Why it’s OK to be a Liberal Catholic or Conservative Catholic
I have no idea what Mitt Romney really believes. When it comes to public policy, he is one of the least principled men to ever run for the presidency in a general election. Given the history of politics in our country, that’s quite an achievement. Is he the pro-choice, pragmatic, technocratic moderate from Massachusetts or… Read More The Real Romney
One of the best parts of my job is that I get to meet an assortment of people who are as diverse as they are impressive. On any given day, I get to have conversations with immigrant janitors from Latin America and Nobel Prize winning WASPs, with football players and chess champions. I try to… Read More The Architecture of the City of God
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