Acton Institute

Only to degrees in the hard sciences. In practically anything else, we're falling way behind.

Rights based on conformity. Anti-semitism. Terrorizing discent. The "new man" sound just like the old man.

"The moment that rights and even humanity itself are granted only on the basis of conformity is the moment that real morality ends." Deja vu all over again and another reason not to buy Citgo gasoline.

The "New Man" is based on old heresy. The real new man is the man who acts like he is created in the image and likeness of God.

In terms of dealing with these tyrants in Iran and Venezuela, one needs to wage economic warfare against them. These countries make their money from the sale of oil and petroleum products. What the USA and other countries... Read More need to do is develop alternative fuels products, with oil from algae as one of the most promising possibilities due to its high yield. (It won't contribute to the Food vs Fuel problem either). Hit them in the wallet!

As an Acton "graduate" (classes of '08 and "09) I echo Moeller's sentiments. It is a fabulous experience and I urge all thinking people to check out the University.

re Novak - leaning more towards always than often. wonderful comments

Real Love is found in the belief in the common good, but our society is pragmatic and every action will have it's consequence, and every sin can be forgiven, and most forgotten. Evil is beyond any regulation and can only be conquered by strong families living in a truely free society,
Yours in liberty,
m2

Here's a taste from the CT Movies review:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/2008/grantorino.html

"The film... Read More—foul-mouthed and offensive though it may be—has deeply religious overtones. It opens and closes in a church, features themes of sacrifice, love, and redemption, and wrestles with complicated moral choices in a strikingly direct way. It is certainly a thematic cousin of Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, going into similarly gray areas (quite literally, with Eastwood collaborator Tom Stern's characteristically shadowy cinematography) without being extremely didactic or heavy-handed. In the end, though, Gran Torino comes down in a decidedly sunnier, more certain place than any of Eastwood's other recent films."

This program will burden the entire nation beyond it's means. The Obamanation absurdity continues...

do not underestimate our capacity for suffering, or the debts of our stupidity, everyone has a breaking point and we are all in this together, yours in liberty, m2

It is sad that it takes 800 pages for jacuzzi settings and art illumination but the document creating our entire federal system required one large page.

It should be a disqualifying offense for a law maker to vote on or even debate a bill that he has not personally read.

This is a book I wish to add to my home library. It will be a classic in a few years.

this is a bit long, but very good.
Praise God, and for you my friends, I will your good.

I love the turn on Rahm Emanuel's quote. The crisis is, in fact, the meddling of "monetary policy". Money does not need policing any more than any other market commodity (oh, if only money were again a commodity rather than printed "currency"). The best that governments can do for money is to treat it like all other weights and measures, thereby ... Read Moreensuring honesty in money, like honesty in the pound, the yard, the acre, the gallon, etc. True, though, most people are not of the mind to separate Money and State. Perhaps things need to get even worse first? Shrug.
Central ANYTHING is, in the long run, a central mistake. In the short run, it only serves a few at the expense of the many.

Not likely. The vine is like the blackberry. Almost impossible to get rid of, sends out runners to other furtile soil, comes up where least expected, thorns pull you into it, and it chokes out pretty much everything else trying to survive and grow. It will wither only when we choose the idea that Liberty is better than policy, that real money is accepted voluntarily, and doesn't require coercion for us to accept it as such.

Central banks are creations of the State; they have a symbiotic relationship. Moreover, central banks inflate the money supply and thereby devalue the units of currency. A more market-oriented solution would be the abolition of central banking and the privatization of all banks and money. Full reserve lenders would likely drive out riskier fractional reserve lenders -- which depend on central bank fiat currency support.

Yes, ALLOW us to go green, IF it is the suitable thing to do, rather than have us do it at the point of a gun. The future of the "green movement", if it is to be a positive thing, rests in creative competition in the market, not in pundits and politicians.

Yes, John, the market is sustainable IF it is simpy left alone. People are already empowered simply by the nature of being creative human beings. I don't think I could properly comment on social entreprenuerism without an adequate definition, but to go beyond mainstream thinking, the last, best chance is, to me, behind us. Rather than a democratic ... Read Morerepublic, or political coercive organizations, I see the only solution to limting governments--and thus allowing free markets finally--is to have competing private Dispute Resolution Orgainizations, to use Stefan Molyneux's words. No programs, no public property, etc., to hamper the evolution and creativity of responsible individuals. An idea whose time has come, methinks.

It was, and is still, a starting point. Seems most people see it as an end. It's purpose, beyond attempts to define government, is, or was, to limit its power in its use of coercion over the people. We have a long way to go, but the more we review and discuss the fundamentals of who and what we are as individuals, as a free society yearning to ... Read Morebreak free of its cocoon of oppression by the State, the more the idea of a Stateless society will become evident. http://www.libertysartist.com/03BeCareful01.html

I agree that more regulation is less freedom and not the solution.