Political Violence, Left and Right
In the past year, many American cities experienced violent outbursts during and after protests led by groups such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Antifa’s united front. Their attacks still continue in...
Affirm or Cancel?
Our frenetic, mercurial culture continues to provide ample fodder for social critics attuned to the absurd. In the latest in a series of jarring incongruities spawned by the morality-denying, morality-soaked industry of...
Places of Learning
In many localities in the United States, schools remain closed for in-person learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic (although momentum seems to be building for reopening). Even where schools have generally been...
The Savior Temptation
End Hunger. No More War. Save the Planet. In a world of grand causes, there is a constant temptation to inflate our own importance. The temptation is especially dangerous for those who...
Ford Foundation’s aim to ‘change philanthropy’ warps the true meaning of ‘justice’ and ‘generosity’
[ACTON INSTITUTE POWERBLOG] Justice and charity are the duty of all – and are intimately related – but a redefinition of philanthropy that collapses the distinction between them serves neither. The Ford...
God Gives Life
It’s no secret—though perhaps it hasn’t yet gotten the attention it deserves—that suicide rates have been skyrocketing among young people in the United States. What can be done to reverse this appalling...
Nominalism
The differences between Christian theology and the philosophical foundations of the modern world cannot be starker. With Saint Thomas Aquinas, Aristotelian Christianity asserted that human beings are real beings with a substance...
Hope for Miami Hosts Self-Reliance Club Training
Do you serve children, youth and their families in your school, club, community center or church ? Ismael has been invited to speak and train over 40 schools in Miami on the...