The shutdown of the U.S. government on 1 October, 2013 is a real problem. The problem is not so much the shutdown itself, but what it represents and what it reveals about our government and those entrusted to exercise its power. Whether you blame the Republicans for insisting on tying portions of the Affordable Care … More Behind the Government Shutdown
This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 23 July, 2013 Almost no one denies that there were serious problems with getting sufficient access to health care services when the president’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, frequently referred to as “Obamacare,” took over the political scene. The consequences of not addressing these … More Consequences
This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 20 February, 2013 Our critics often confront distributists about how Distributism could work, while our readers also want to know how they can start to employ distributist principles today. Yes, we need to point out the problems of the socialist and capitalist systems, but we … More Practical Distributism and the Zombie Apocolypse
[In 2010], I wrote about a potentially exciting movement supported by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron. This was branded as the “Big Society,” and it promised that the central government was going to distribute political authority from itself to the local level. It consisted of several programs to assist local councils … More Steps and Stumbles
“They say it is Utopian, and they are right. They say it is idealistic, and they are right. They say it is quixotic, and they are right. It deserves every name that will indicate how completely they have driven justice out of the world.” – G. K. Chesterton This article was originally published by The … More Utopia
The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced its latest attempt to save the U.S. economy. This time, it is an open-ended commitment of $85 billion (including purchasing $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities) each month—until the economy shows improvement. If it doesn’t show improvement, it might even increase the amount. Along with that, it is keeping the … More House of Cards
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