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November 2020

November 09, 2020

Populism

The term populism is wrongly applied to authoritarians like Viktor Orban in Hungry and Recep...

November 04, 2020

Praying Alone

It was 20 years ago that Robert Putnam elevated the concept of social capital on...

October 2020

October 31, 2020

Religion and Success

Cardinal Francis George, OMI (1937-2015) of Chicago was fond of controversial quips. Here’s one: “All...

October 19, 2020

Farm Workers

Time is catching up with the founders of the United Farm Workers Union (www.ufw.org). Cesar...

October 16, 2020

Idealism

My north side friend is a tireless proponent of social improvement. Year after year he...

September 2020

September 26, 2020

St. Francis

The modern age began, let’s say, in 1500. That date is precise enough to include...

September 19, 2020

Genuine Hope

During his acceptance speech this summer, presidential candidate Joe Biden included an inspiring quotation from...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

Labor Day

Two Catholic laymen are credited with starting Labor Day: Matthew McGuire (1855-1917) and, no...

July 2020

July 29, 2020

Turning To Politics

Young adults are forcing our society to deal with several injustices and tensions. The long...

July 04, 2020

The Powerful 2%

Editorials and opinion pieces regularly call upon the bishops or the president or the Congress...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Labor Relations

The President and Board of Trustees at St. Xavier University (3700 W 103rd St, Chicago,...

June 25, 2020

Genuine Hope

During his acceptance speech this summer, presidential candidate Joe Biden included an inspiring quotation from...

June 16, 2020

Labor Day

Two Catholic laymen are credited with starting Labor Day: Matthew McGuire (1855-1917) and, no relation,...

May 2020

May 19, 2020

Socialism, New and Old

A fresh consideration of socialism is happening these days. Two remarkable presidential campaigns by Sen....

May 19, 2020

Socialism, Old and New

A fresh consideration of socialism is happening these days. Two remarkable presidential campaigns by Sen....

April 2020

April 28, 2020

St. Joseph

Some years ago I was part of a lobby group to change the feast of...

April 20, 2020

Urban Trends

In the latter half of the 1960s many U.S. cities experienced race riots. Plus, the...

April 03, 2020

Hard Choices

In philosophy it is called utilitarianism. In business it is called cost-benefit-analysis. In family life...

March 2020

March 09, 2020

New York Workers

Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth St., New York, NY 10029) just...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Enchantment

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), Max Weber (1864-1920) and other founders of the discipline of sociology were...

February 22, 2020

Formation In Action

“Consuming and participating in politics by obsessive news-following [and] by arguing and debating” is not...

January 2020

January 20, 2020

Baseball Ethics

A woman in a friendly poker game is dealt a lousy hand. Nonetheless, she leans...

December 2019

December 01, 2019

Christmas Shopping Continued

Clothes were once made in the U.S. Yes, labor abuses occurred in our domestic production--in...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

Christmas Shopping

Will your shopping for gifts this holy season include buying apparel? Be warned: It will...

November 11, 2019

Moralizing

Lobbying the alderman for a stop sign at the end of the block is a...

October 2019

October 23, 2019

Strikes

The Working Catholic: Strikes by Bill Droel Strikes are in the news: auto workers, janitors,...

September 2019

September 10, 2019

Disabling Help

Good intentions are not enough. Indeed, good intentions can be harmful. Tarence Ray provides a...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

Real Presence

In April 1994 CBS and N.Y. Times sponsored a survey on U.S. religious beliefs....

July 2019

July 22, 2019

Fundraising

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) devoted a chapter to “Associations in Civil Life” in his percipient...

July 10, 2019

Extreme Capitalism

Economic indicators ebb and flow, though not with high predictability. In the years after World...