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The Curiosity of Immigrant Ownership in the United States
Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 12/21/18 Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 12/21/18

The Curiosity of Immigrant Ownership in the United States

What explains this pattern of immigrant owned businesses? It is that ownership is vested not in the individual so much as the family.

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Francis or Fundamentalism: A False Dichotomy
Politics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 1/26/18 Politics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 1/26/18

Francis or Fundamentalism: A False Dichotomy

La Civiltà Cattolica appears to lump together as integralists all varieties of American Catholics who, in one way or another, do not support the program of Pope Francis.

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An End to Corporate-Government Collusion
Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 12/16/17 Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 12/16/17

An End to Corporate-Government Collusion

The classic definition of fascism is a situation in which Big Business and Big Government are formally united in their aims.

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Collusion of Big Business and Big Government
Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 12/5/17 Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 12/5/17

Collusion of Big Business and Big Government

A standard critique of capitalism, going back to Chesterton and Belloc, is that it creates a collusion between Big Government and Big Business.

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Localism, Tribalism, and Personalism
Politics, Dr. Matthew Tan Dr. Matthew Tan 10/17/16 Politics, Dr. Matthew Tan Dr. Matthew Tan 10/17/16

Localism, Tribalism, and Personalism

In the words of Personalism, a person’s truest nature consists in “decentralizing itself in order to become available for others”.

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Beyond Americanism and Constitutionalism
Arturo Ortiz, Politics Arturo Ortiz 8/23/16 Arturo Ortiz, Politics Arturo Ortiz 8/23/16

Beyond Americanism and Constitutionalism

Based on Catholic social principles, “Americanism” as well as the belief in “Strict-Constitutionalism” has and will continue to do more harm than good.

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The Catholic Solution to a Social and Political Problem
Arturo Ortiz, Politics Arturo Ortiz 7/12/16 Arturo Ortiz, Politics Arturo Ortiz 7/12/16

The Catholic Solution to a Social and Political Problem

Catholic Action is the apolitical solution to a political problem. It is the Catholic faith put into social practice.

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A New People's League
Matthew Franklin Cooper, Politics Matthew Franklin Cooper 6/27/16 Matthew Franklin Cooper, Politics Matthew Franklin Cooper 6/27/16

A New People's League

If we want to forge a new Debtors’ Alliance or People’s League or Solidarity Party, we have a Herculean task ahead of us.

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Government: Good or Bad? Big or Little?
Politics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 6/20/16 Politics, Thomas Storck Thomas Storck 6/20/16

Government: Good or Bad? Big or Little?

Is government a necessary evil? A necessary good? Is that government best which governs least?

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The Psychology of Distributism
Karl Schmude, Politics Karl Schmude 6/6/16 Karl Schmude, Politics Karl Schmude 6/6/16

The Psychology of Distributism

Chesterton and Belloc nursed the fear that the psychology of a society conditioned by capitalism and socialism might induce people to yield on liberty.

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Cassandra Calls the Election
John Médaille, Politics John C. Médaille 5/23/16 John Médaille, Politics John C. Médaille 5/23/16

Cassandra Calls the Election

This is not a presidential election about the head, but about the heart, and at the heart of American politics is a burning rage.

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Home Rule
Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 5/2/16 Phillip Campbell, Politics Phillip Campbell 5/2/16

Home Rule

Dillon’s Rule dictates that any conflict between the state and a city will inevitably always be resolved in favor of the state.

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Politics of Life
Politics, Stratford Caldecott Stratford Caldecott 4/26/16 Politics, Stratford Caldecott Stratford Caldecott 4/26/16

Politics of Life

It is not the act of consumption that alienates, but consumerism as a way of life in which we define ourselves by what we consume.

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The Cruz Question
Politics Joseph Martin 4/21/16 Politics Joseph Martin 4/21/16

The Cruz Question

The delegation of key moral issues to the authority of the states raises serious concerns about Ted Cruz.

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Subsidiarity Isn’t in the Constitution
Jack Quirk, Politics Jack Quirk 4/17/16 Jack Quirk, Politics Jack Quirk 4/17/16

Subsidiarity Isn’t in the Constitution

In the United States, the federal government has only the powers given to it by the Constitution.

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Freedom in Your Pocket
Joseph Pearce, Politics, Tech Joseph Pearce 4/12/16 Joseph Pearce, Politics, Tech Joseph Pearce 4/12/16

Freedom in Your Pocket

The enemies of freedom might be powerful but its friends are not by any means powerless.

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The Civic State
Economics, Phillip Blond, Politics Phillip Blond 3/27/16 Economics, Phillip Blond, Politics Phillip Blond 3/27/16

The Civic State

The welfare state and the market state are now two defunct and mutually supporting failures.

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The Monday-Morning Pundit
John Médaille, Politics John C. Médaille 2/29/16 John Médaille, Politics John C. Médaille 2/29/16

The Monday-Morning Pundit

Substance will get you nowhere in the blood sport of politics. Rather, you must give the pundits what they crave, like an addict craves his “fix.”

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Pro-Life or Anti-Abortion?
John Médaille, Politics John C. Médaille 2/22/16 John Médaille, Politics John C. Médaille 2/22/16

Pro-Life or Anti-Abortion?

The Republicans are not even an anti-abortion party, much less a pro-life party.

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Making Judah Great Again: An Apology for Judas
John Médaille, Politics John C. Médaille 1/19/16 John Médaille, Politics John C. Médaille 1/19/16

Making Judah Great Again: An Apology for Judas

The most hated man in all of literature is likely Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed his friend and teacher with a kiss.

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