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| 8 December 2004 |
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“Useless Resources ” by Gerald Zandstra
Rev. Gerald Zandstra relates the situation of his friend,
who after undertaking an entrepreneurial venture faces the
specter of theft and murder. The lack of the enforcement of
property rights is “one of the central and yet most
overlooked problems in the developing world. Too many times,
the resources those in poverty need are right at their feet,
placed there by God for their use, provision, and
enjoyment,” writes Zandstra.
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| 2. THIS WEEK AT ACTON |
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Rocco Buttiglione to
recieve the Freedom and
Faith Award from the Acton Institute
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Rocco Buttiglione will recieve the Freedom and Faith Award from
the Acton Institute today in Washington D.C. The award
recognizes those who stand up against adversity for their moral
convictions. Rocco Buttiglione is recognized for his
steadfastness in the midst of strong criticism regarding his
traditional views of marriage and sexuality during hearings
before the EU Commission
Read the
Buttiglione Freedom Award press release here » |
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| 3. ACTON NEWSMAKERS |
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Rocco Buttiglione’s visit to the
United States and the presentation of Acton’s Faith and Freedom
Award have garnered
significant media attention. Samuel Gregg, director of
research, had a commentary piece about Buttiglione published in
The Washington Times,
“The secular inquisition”
(December 8). William McGurn wrote a column in the New York
Post about the Buttiglione affair,
“Targeting Faith - Europe Copies U.S.” (December 8) and
WorldNetDaily published an article on the Faith and Freedom
Award,
“‘Borked’ European leader wins U.S. award” (December 8).
Cardinal Pell’s speech at Acton’s Annual Dinner in October is
the subject of two more pieces in the Australian media:
“Pell’s comments make Muslims see reds,” by James Murray of
The Australian (December 7) and
“Cardinal’s remarks not an attack on Islam,” in The
Catholic Weekly (December 5).
Rev. Gerald Zandstra’s commentary on tort reform was read on
the air by Stan Major, host of American Breakfast, a
production of the
National Radio Network. Rev. Zandstra was also a guest on
the program and had a lengthy discussion with the host,
“Tort Reform and the End of Heroes”
(December 3). An edited version of Zandstra’s piece also
appeared in the Wichita Eagle,
“Superheroes aren't only ones hurt by lawsuits”
(December 3).
UnaSegundaOpinión.info published Rev. Michael
Oluwatuyi’s commentary,
“An African Solution for Africa’s Poverty,” in Spanish
“La solución africana”
(December 7).
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| 4. FOOD FOR THOUGHT FROM ACROSS THE WEB |
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“Remembering Jay Van Andel” WOOD TV8
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Entrepreneur and philanthropist Jay
Van Andel died yesterday, December 7, 2004. “The giving spirit
of Jay Van Andel was made possible by the overwhelming success
of the business he and Richard DeVos created more than 40 years
ago.” |
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| 5. THIS WEEK AT THE ACTON BOOKSHOPPE |
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Within the Market Strife: American Catholic Economic Thought from
Rerum Novarum to Vatican II, by Kevin E. Schmiesing
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In a period often viewed by historians as one
in which Catholics labored in an intellectual ghetto, shut off
from mainstream American thought and culture, a number of
Catholic intellectuals were thinking seriously about the
relationship between Catholicism and its American context.
Within the Market Strife examines these views on economic
questions in the period 1891-1962, from populism and
progressivism to the New Deal and post-World War II
conservatism. |
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| 6. IN THE LIBERAL TRADITION |
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St.
Thomas Aquinas (1225—1274)
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“It is lawful for man to possess property.…
Human affairs are conducted in more orderly fashion if each man
is charged with taking care of some particular thing himself,
whereas there would be confusion if everyone had to look after
any one thing indeterminately.”
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Tradition – Archives » |
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