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Dirt and Development
“We poverty junkies spend a lot of time examining the fruits and the roots,” says Mark Weber at PovertyCure, “But what of the soil?” Tyler Cowen also recently noted that economists don’t talk nearly enough about soil, despite their contributing to some of the biggest problems in the entire world. The problems can be seen in the European Union’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability recently published Soil Atlas of Africa. Robin Grier highlights some of the findings: 1. “While Africa...
New Acton University Billboard in Grand Rapids
Acton University is fast approaching. As a way to greet our speakers and attendees we’ve placed this billboard on 131 South near the Wealthy St. Exit. If you’re in Grand Rapids, be sure to check it out! ...
You Say You Want A Revolution? Count The EU Out
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is a frustrated man. With unemployment rates in Germany hovering at around 8 percent, and Greece and Spain at almost 60 percent, he believes the EU is on the brink of “revolution.” His answer is not to scrap the welfare model however; he wants to preserve it. While Germany insists on the importance of budget consolidation, Schaeuble spoke of the need to preserve Europe’s welfare model. If U.S. welfare standards were introduced in Europe, “we...
How Did the Global Poverty Rate Halve in 20 Years?
From 1990 to 2010, the global poverty rate dipped from 43% to 21%. The Economist explains why the rate halved in twenty years: How did this happen? Presidents and prime ministers in the West have made grandiloquent speeches about making poverty history for fifty years. In 2000 the United Nations announced a series of eight Millenium Development Goals to reduce poverty, improve health and so on. The impact of such initiatives has been marginal at best. Almost all of the...
The Dark Ages – Not So Dark, Really
The Dark Ages: that time when people knew the Earth was flat, the civilization of the Western Roman Empire had collapsed, and people basically sat around waiting for something – anything – good to happen. Except the Dark Ages weren’t so dark after all. Anthony Esolen, professor of literature at Providence College would like to set the record straight. Nobody teaches history in schools anyway, much less the history of Europe. They do current events, social studies. The literature of...
RELIGION & LIBERTY
The Hard Truth About Sharing Your Faith
  “A few days later Felix came back with his wife, Drusilla, who was Jewish. Sending for Paul, they listened as he told them about faith in Christ Jesus.As he reasoned with them about righteousness and self-control and the coming day of judgment, Felix became frightened. ‘Go away for now,’ he replied. ‘When it is more convenient, I’ll call for you...
Apr 24, 2026
In God’s Image
  In God’s Image   By Cindi McMenamin   Bible Reading:   “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27).   Have you noticed the trend? We often refer to ourselves—and our daily activities—in electronic terms as if we were devices.   In our culture, as well as across the world,...
Apr 24, 2026
A Prayer When Choosing Life Feels Like Death
  A Prayer When Choosing Life Feels Like Death   By: Peyton Garland   Bible Reading:   “For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you.” - 1 Corinthians 15:31 (NLT)   Listen or Read Below:   I’ve never known a worthwhile thing that didn’t demand...
Apr 24, 2026
Pronatalism for Freedom
  If you’re a US citizen expecting a baby in 2026, there’s good news. The Federal government wants to give your child some money.   Starting this year, any US citizen under 18 qualifies for a 530A “Trump Account,” sometimes referred to as a “Kid IRA.” Parents, grandparents, or other loved ones can contribute up to $5000 per year, which will be...
Apr 24, 2026
Henry James’s Anti
  Great literature expands the moral imagination. It reveals hidden truths. And it also shapes our civic consciousness.   As Michael Clune recently argued in AEI’s Future of the American University, civics centers must revive the study of the American literary tradition. The brightest gems from it enrich education for citizenship. Great works of American literature are potent means by which to...
Apr 24, 2026
The Quest for Authenticity
  In democracies, rulers require the consent of the governed. Even within elite theories of democracies, some sort of common consent is necessary. The easiest way to secure such consent is to persuade the people that you are really one of them. Politicians from elite backgrounds work to appear as if they are unafraid of working a day in McDonald’s, or...
Apr 24, 2026
An American View of Britain’s Constitutional Tragedy
  Americans are perhaps the world’s most democratic people. From the earliest days of our War for Independence, we have embodied what Thomas Jefferson once described in an 1826 letter as “the palpable truth that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by...
Apr 24, 2026
Growing Deeper in Faith This Easter
  Growing Deeper In Faith This Easter   Your Nightly Prayer for Apr. 2, 2025   by Lynette Kittle   TONIGHT'S SCRIPTURE“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under Heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” - Acts 4:12   SOMETHING TO PONDEREaster is a treasured time when families come together in celebration to prepare and...
Apr 24, 2026
The Hard Truth about Jesus’ Sacrifice
  “He told them,‘My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.’”(Mark 14:34 nlt)   Haveyoueverfeltlonely?Haveyoueverfeltasthoughyourfriendsandfamilyhad abandonedyou?Haveyoueverfeltlikeyouweremisunderstood?Haveyoueverhad a hard time understanding or submitting to the will of God for your life? Ifso,thenyouhaveanideaofwhattheLordJesuswentthroughwhenHeagonizedat Gethsemane.   The book of Hebrews tells us, “This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the...
Apr 24, 2026
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