The Heart of the Good Life
by George Cardinal PellDemocracy and religious freedom can only be defended by determined citizens who recognize the issues and have the political will to act. Continue Reading »
Common Good Republicans
by Daniel LipinskiI experienced a bit of shock recently while attending a conference hosted by the Napa Institute. I was listening to JD Vance, a U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio and the author of Hillbilly Elegy. In his interview on the conference’s final evening, Vance attacked Republican support for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Fratelli Tutti and the Good Samaritan Society
by Raymond J. de SouzaFratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on “fraternity and social friendship,” will generate work for theologians for some time. Continue Reading »
Defend Us From Ideology
by C. C. PecknoldOnly a philosophically coherent account of the American common good will save us from our descent into ideological incoherence.
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False Notions of the Common Good
by C. C. PecknoldHuman dignity can only be truly defended by embracing the primacy of the common good. Continue Reading »
Common Good Conservatism In Action
by Terry SchillingAs the new year begins, conservative lawmakers in numerous states have started a fresh attempt to push back against the LGBT agenda. Continue Reading »
Is China a Model of the Common Good?
by Matthew SchmitzThe common good is not a euphemism for tyranny, and oppression is not a synonym for order. Continue Reading »
Rubio's Common Good Capitalism
by Emile A. DoakSenator Marco Rubio is thinking beyond mere macroeconomic metrics to place human dignity at the core of America’s political economy. Continue Reading »
Currency and the Common Good
by Peter J. LeithartCurrency is an index of our need for one another, but can pose a danger to the polis when it becomes an object of desire in itself. Continue Reading »
The Good of Politics
by Matthew D. WrightA review of Jake Meador's In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World. Continue Reading »
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