The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s Annual Report has been published. mission places countries in three “tiers”, with tier one being nations that are designated “countries of particular concern” in terms of religious freedom. In this year’s report, these nations include China, North Korea and Saudi Arabia, among twelve others. In China for instance, the report notes the following: The Chinese government continues to perpetrate particularly severe violations of the freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief. Religious...

If anyone tells you that people have been moving to the suburbs in the past ten years or so to pursue a life fort, ease, and safety you can know for a fact that they are stuck in a 1980s vision of American life. What has been trending in America in the past 10 years or so is that people are moving to major cities for a life fort, ease, convenience, excitement, and the pursuit of the “New Urbanism American...

From the American Enterprise Institute: “It’s what makes America, America.” ...

“Retirement as a cultural concept needs to go away.” So says Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry in a thought-provoking piece today over at Forbes. I agree with the sentiment, in large part because good work never ends. But as Gobry also illustrates, we need to rethink our conceptions of work as well as retirement, which for many is just another way of talking about the end of work. ...

As Michael Novak observes in The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, “A successful corporation is frequently based upon the principle of subsidiarity. According to this principle, concrete decisions must be made on the level closest to the concrete reality. Managers and workers need to trust the skills of their colleagues. A corporate strategy which overlooks this principle–and many do–falls prey to all the vices of mand economy, in which all e from above.” According to a study by Melba J. Duncan...

A few days ago on Facebook and Twitter I made the following observation: Being a “radical,” “missional,” Christian is slowly ing the “new legalism.” We need more ordinary God and people lovers (Matt 22:36-40). This observation was the result of a long conversation with a student who was wrestling with what to do with his life given all of the opportunities he had available to him. To my surprise, ment exploded over the internet with dozens and dozens of people...

U.S. troops who proselytize are guilty of sedition and treason and should be punished to stave off a “tidal wave of fundamentalists.” That’s whatMikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation,told Fox News. Weinsteinand his group met privately with Pentagon officials on April 23 to try to convince them to punish military officers who engage in such devious evangelistic tactics as having aChristian bumper sticker on their car or a Bible on their desk. Weinstein says such activities cancan...

The Fund for American Studies produced a video, narrated by economist Michael Cox, that showshow one nation rose from poverty to unprecedented wealth in just a few generations. ...

“We need people on the inside,” writes R.J. Moeller from Los Angeles. “We need talented actors, musicians, editors, and screenplay writers who can stake a claim for a differing worldview than that of HBO, David Geffen, and whoever wrote Milk.” Go West, young conservative! The full text of his essay follows. Subscribe to the free, weekly Acton News & Commentary and other publications here. Young, Entrepreneurial, and Pursuing Good Art in Hollywood byR.J. Moeller My argument would be that I...

“Vanish the Night,” a new single by UK band, Ooberfuse begins with Shin Dong-hyuk, the survivor of a North Korean death camp, saying, “Don’t forget us.” The band released the song to coincide with North Korea Freedom Week (April 28-May 4) and to draw attention to the atrocities happening in North Korea. You can watch the video below: Cherrie Anderson, the lead singer of Ooberfuse, says this about the song: We have joined forces with Shin Dong-hyuk…His account of the...