Two Takes on Caritas in Veritate
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:32 AM
The Acton Institute and George Weigel are two of Catholic America’s most prominent proponents of market-based economics.
But they have quite different views of Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth).
The Acton Institute offers a strongly positive assessment, available here in a section of its website that it has devoted to the new papal... READ MORE
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The Wages of Sin Taxes
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:57 AM
Seriously sinful drinks? (flickr.com)
The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is not a fan of the Senate Finance Committee’s bid to impose “lifestyle taxes.”
The “sin taxes” would increases taxes on alcoholic beverages and impose new taxes on drinks with high sugar and corn syrup content. The revenues would go to fund President Obama’s proposed $1.2-trillion health-care reform package.
Argues the Acton... READ MORE
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Health Care Reform Video
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, February 27, 2009 1:49 PM
I wrote a couple of articles last fall for the Register’s ongoing series on health care reform.
The series was suspended shortly before the election for two reasons: One, it seemed best to hold off more articles until after we knew who our new president would be.
And two, because my new duties as the Daily Blog’s chief blogger precluded my writing any more installments at that time.
But... READ MORE
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