Paul Ryan, Poverty, and Catholic Social Teaching, Yet Again
This past Monday night, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan addressed a town hall in his home state of...
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Does Paul Griffiths have to be Right for Paul Ryan to be Wrong?
So, Paul Griffiths’ plenary address at CTSA this past week has got people talking. Our own...
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Paul Ryan and Poverty: Beyond Debunking to Common Ground
Paul Ryan’s comments on poverty have again set off a swirl of controversy. Though first...
Read MoreReflecting on the War on Poverty: Booker & Ryan in the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal ran dueling op-eds last week marking the 50th anniversary of Johnson’s “War on Poverty.” In “Building on the Success of the War on Poverty,” Senator Cory Booker laments a...
Read MoreThe Paul Ryan Controversy in Historical Context, Part II
Last week I argued that Catholicism’s engagement with Marxism in the twentieth century provides some context for the controversy over the relationship between Paul Ryan’s Catholic faith and his political views, a controversy...
Read MoreThe Paul Ryan Controversy in Historical Context, Part I
Two and a half weeks ago several Catholic scholars published the document “On All of Our Shoulders,” which criticized the influence of the individualism and anti-government mentality of Ayn Rand, and libertarianism generally, on...
Read MoreA Wide Space for Prudence
The recently released, “On All of Our Shoulders,” which criticizes VP candidate Paul Ryan’s use of Catholic Social Teaching, was signed by over 150 Catholic theologians. While I disagree with critics who...
Read MoreIs the “On All of Our Shoulders” Statement Partisan?
For many, including an apparently very upset Robert George, the answer to the above question is obvious: of course it is. Such partisanship is demonstrated by what he calls a “deplorable attack” and...
Read MoreGood Paul Ryan and Bad Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan, like all of us, gets a number of things right and a number of things wrong. Let’s start with “good” Paul Ryan. Isn’t it great to have a conservative Catholic politician (or, quite frankly, a...
Read MoreThe Place of “Fact Checkers” in Our Public Discourse
If you’ve been paying attention to the election cycle this year, then you likely have come across a supposedly objective realm of political analysis called “fact checking.” Fact-checkers are everywhere, and...
Read MoreBetter Off
Last Tuesday, Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney asked voters to make their decision by answering a version of Ronald Reagan’s famous question, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” It was...
Read MoreDiscussing “How Not to Discuss Catholic Social Teaching”
In her recent post, Jana Bennett engaged an op/ed piece on the Wall Street Journal’s website that critiqued those, especially the bishops, who failed to recognize the Catholic dimension of Ryan’s budget proposal. Jana critiqued...
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