AMERICA, LIBERALISM, AND CATHOLICISM
By EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson
Public Discourse
Catholics should not think of discussions about the Church’s relationship to American liberalism as a battle royal between competing camps—but as a conversation among friends seeking the truth in community.
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EPPC’s Big Tech Project has launched a weekly newsletter, edited by EPPC Policy Analyst Clare Morell, highlighting the latest news and key issues in Big Tech, including legislation, the regulatory environment, censorship, and more.
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BIDEN SET TO PUSH CRITICAL RACE THEORY ON U.S. SCHOOLS
By EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz
National Review Online
In an early but revelatory move, President Biden’s Department of Education has signaled its intent to impose the most radical forms of Critical Race Theory on America’s schools, very much including the 1619 Project and the so-called anti-racism of Ibram X. Kendi. Read More
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THE JURY’S ANSWER IN THE DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL
By EPPC Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow Lance Morrow
The Wall Street Journal
An officer’s cruelty, a mob’s threats and a long, tragic history add up to a conviction for murder. Read More
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CLARENCE THOMAS IS RIGHT ABOUT BIG TECH
By EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson (with Adam J. MacLeod)
National Review Online
How should conservatives think about the intersection of property rights, government regulation, and Big Tech? Part of answering this question requires us to gain a better understanding of the American legal tradition’s sources, recovering them from recent distortions. Justice Clarence Thomas recently sought to educate us on just this. Read More
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD CAN’T DISAVOW MARGARET SANGER
By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online
The last half-century of legalized abortion has deepened the effects of racial inequality in the U.S. — and Planned Parenthood profits from that reality. Read More
(See also Miss DeSanctis’s piece on a recent court ruling that upheld an Ohio law forbidding doctors from knowingly performing an abortion on an unborn child diagnosed with Down syndrome.)
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HHS PROPOSES TITLE X RULE TO REFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
By EPPC Policy Analyst Rachel N. Morrison
The Federalist Society
The Biden administration is attempting to reverse Trump administration regulations that blocked Title X funds from subsidizing abortions. Read More
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HANS KÜNG AND THE PERILS OF FAME
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
Hans Küng was one of the first Catholic intellectuals to figure out that the world press couldn’t resist the man-bites-dog storyline in which a Catholic thinker challenges Church doctrine—and does so in ways that confirm progressive cultural biases. Read More
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THE ONE NECESSARY THING
By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
The Catholic Thing
The vocation of Catholics, here in the real world, is always the same: Make disciples of all nations, including our own; and be leaven in society, especially our own. If we pursue that with all our hearts, we do the one necessary thing. Read More
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GO, AND DIE FOR YOUR PEOPLE
By EPPC Fellow Stephen P. White
The Catholic Thing
A good shepherd does not abandon his sheep; he lays down his life for them. Bishops who are willing to give up everything – who are not afraid to go and die for their people – are the bishops the Church needs. Read More
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FOR LIBERALISM TO HOLD ANY MEANING, COLLEGES NEED RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS
By EPPC Postdoctoral Fellow Nathanael Blake
The Federalist
Left-liberals must recognize that sustaining the bargain of liberalism in a time of big government and ascendant cultural leftism requires generous accommodations for traditional religious believers and their institutions. Read More
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THE SERVICE INDUSTRY CAN’T FIND WORKERS. BLAME LOW VACCINE RATES AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
Congress needs to nip this problematic trend in the bud if it doesn’t want the economic recovery to stall. Read More
(See also Mr. Olsen’s piece on President Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from Afghanistan.)
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JANE AUSTEN ON FILM
By EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman
Hillsdale College
In a lecture hosted by the Center for Constructive Alternatives at Hillsdale College, EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman surveys film adaptations of the works of Jane Austen. Read More
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