Growing antisemitic tensions on university campuses, the ‘colorblindness’ trap, and elementary school illiteracy are further proof that the 250-year American experiment in publicly funded, non-sectarian education has failed. As Archbishop John Ireland recognized a hundred years ago, there is […]
In my essay “10 Things You Should Know About the American Founding” I focused on some little-known facts about the American Founding in general. The final three of those “10 things” mentioned Catholics and Catholicism, […]
During the time of the early Church, it was commonplace for Caesar to be addressed as “Lord.” And this was more than a simple honorific title acknowledging that Caesar was the supreme political authority in […]
As Americans celebrate their independence from England, it is worth remembering an Englishman, later to be lionized by G. K. Chesterton, who moved to the United States in 1792, when the American nation was in […]
For the Catholic Church, America has never been just a nation or a state. It constitutes rather a political and theological problem. That is as much the case now as it has ever been. The […]
Samuel Gregg, Research Director at the Acton Institute, is the author of numerous essays and 15 books. He has written works on political economy, economic history, the papacy, ethics in finance, and natural law theory; […]
We still live with the dispute begun by Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The debates around the ratification of the Constitution are arguments that continue to define […]
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