Archive for Category: "Culture"
The Contradictions of Liberals and Conservatives
Most Americans who are in the slightest degree politically active or interested incline to one of the two chief political positions common in this country, what we call conservatism or liberalism.
Understanding the Economic Justice of Marriage
Those who suggest that marriage is simply the emotional union of two adults, or that the government should not be in the marriage business at all, advocate for what we may call a “social free market,” that is, an individualist theory that reduces government functions to facilitating “choice”.
The Beast in His Natural Habitat
Since their discovery in America during the middle of the nineteenth century, dinosaurs have brought big prices and even bigger crowds. They’re like locally-grown attractions pulled right from the layers of the earth itself.
Christmas and Contraception
We have ignored the fact that an immoral economic system paved the way to the widespread of acceptance of contraception. We have tolerated the acceptance of contraception and now it has led to the normalization of abnormal sex.
The Missing Element
What can we say about our society and its economy when average citizens will so easily become part of a mob, and when their failure to do so is reported to be a bad sign?
The Immigrants Part II
Without start-up capital, immigrants historically drew upon the resources and strengths of their unique communities and traded among themselves. Perhaps if we build a practical Distributism culture, citizens of the world can look forward to Chesterton’s first option for finding one’s way home: never having to leave it.
Distributism as a Way of Life
Since Distributism is not a system for hermits, it is by nature communal and communitarian. While we may have to get things started by our own initiative, any plan that is not strongly rooted in a community is bound to fail. Distributism, like Christianity, assumes community.
On the Reading of Obscure Documents
The adventure that is seeking out obscure documents to find the answers to perennial questions is quintessentially Distributist. The Distributist should seek to uncover the monuments of our forefathers who—like good fathers—left a great inheritance to their children.
What Happened to Our Health Freedom?
Fifty years ago I could have bought raw milk anywhere. I could have had it delivered to my door. I could have bought raw cheese and grown anything in my garden. Today I might face a SWAT team.