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August 2018

August 01, 2018

Christian Democracy Radio: What Am I Doing?

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July 2018

July 29, 2018

Christian Democracy Radio: Interview with Dr. Sebastian Mahfood

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July 21, 2018

What’s Wrong with Socialism? (Part 2)

When Pope Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum [1] in 1891, the world had seen the...

July 20, 2018

What’s Wrong with Socialism? (Part One)

“Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are contradictory terms; no one can be at the same time...

July 18, 2018

Interview with Solidarity Hall Publisher Elias Crim

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July 14, 2018

Public Sector Unions in Catholic Social Teaching

Your humble servant has lately been posting in these pages [1] [2] [3] about right-to-work...

July 12, 2018

Right-To-Work, Janus, and Catholic Social Teaching

In my recent post, Hurting Labor Unions is Wrong [1], your humble servant endeavored to...

July 11, 2018

Christian Democracy Radio with Prominent Distributist John Medaille

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July 07, 2018

It’s Not Always Bad

The U.S. Supreme Court has been spending a lot of time on Free Speech cases...

July 06, 2018

Hurting Labor Unions Is Wrong

In a recent post, The U.S. Is Not a Catholic Country [1], your humble servant...

July 04, 2018

Another Installment of Christian Democracy Radio–With Julia Smucker, Who Is Smarter Than You

https://www.spreaker.com/user/wcatradio/wcat-radio-christian-democracy-070318?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=user%3A10471680&utm_term=episode_title The icon of St. Joseph the Worker is by Daniel Nichols. Listen to...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

After Roe v. Wade Is Overturned

With Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy retiring at the end of July [1], and...

June 29, 2018

The U.S. Is Not a Catholic Country

Applying ourselves to the study of Catholic social doctrine, it is not long before we...

June 28, 2018

The Second Broadcast of Christian Democracy’s Radio Version

Wherein I interview Rebecca Bratten Weiss of Patheos Catholic's Suspended in Her Jar about the...

June 23, 2018

What Now?

President Trump has ordered reversal of the policy that resulted in the separation of children...

June 20, 2018

We’re Responsible for What We’re Happy About

As NBC News reports, “President Donald Trump, under mounting political pressure from angry members of...

June 20, 2018

Christian Democracy: Radio Version, First Installment.

For your listening enjoyment, the inaugural Christian Democracy internet broadcast, with guest Mark Shea:

June 16, 2018

Yes, Healthcare Is a Right

They’re still at it. Another court challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is taking...

June 14, 2018

Free Speech Cake Baking

In 1942 the West Virginia State Board of Education ordered that all teachers and pupils...

June 09, 2018

Assurance If Not an Advance

At the Second Vatican Council we were told, “This Vatican Council declares that the human...

June 06, 2018

The Masterpiece Cakeshop Case: What It Is, and What It Isn’t

The result of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission [1] has invoked...

June 01, 2018

Moloch, Mammon, and Western Society

It’s not as if the outcome of the Irish abortion vote was ever really in...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

Illegal Immigration and the Golden Rule

We need not delay long over whether separating children from their parents, and placing them...

May 25, 2018

Some of My Best Friends Are Monarchists

To the extent that your humble servant qualifies to have detractors, these will aver that...

May 22, 2018

The Right to Collective Labor Action

You have likely been hearing that the United States Supreme Court ruled against labor interests...

May 18, 2018

Jerusalem for All

The United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem this week thereby throwing its weight behind...

May 16, 2018

What Wage Is a Living Wage?

In a previous offering in these pages [1] your humble servant did his level best...

May 11, 2018

Catholic Social Teaching on the Rack

By this time it’s not news to most that Gina Haspel, the Acting Director of...

May 09, 2018

Withdrawal

President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, and there doesn’t...

May 05, 2018

Anti-Social Darwinism

Contemporary debates between evolution and Creationism miss the point entirely. The real issue is not...