“Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor.” That was the late Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”). Unfortunately, Francis’s conception of “liberation” involved…
In the 20th century, communism arrived via drab uniforms, five-year plans, and gulags. Today, it arrives via soft slogans and social media campaigns. Its weapons are no longer rifles and red flags but influencer campaigns, fellowship programs, and university-backed curricula….
Patience has understandably worn thin with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). After America’s mail carrier lost $9.5 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2024 and announced plans to raise stamp prices five more times through 2027, it’s little wonder that President-elect…
Wall Street and corporate lawyers — “The Rich” — are a built-in capitalist Republican constituency. Right? A century earlier, William Jennings Bryan, in his famous “Cross of Gold” speech, stirred his Democrat base of farmers and others on the economy’s…
It has become a custom of mine, each year towards the end of June, to attend a daylily flower show organized by the local branch of the American Hemerocallis Society. Arrayed before the visitor, on these charming occasions, are row…
Our readers in Texas will probably laugh at this column, seeing as though what it will discuss has been a known item in the Lone Star State since 1982. That’s when the first Buc-ee’s opened in Lake Jackson, northeast of…
Levi Strauss was the kind of man who could recognize a business opportunity when it landed in his lap. During the California Gold Rush, he moved from New York City to open a new San Francisco branch of his family’s…
Prices are threads stitching together the fabric of our economy. They guide countless producers, here and abroad, to meet the most urgent demands of countless consumers. Prices enable the economic coordination of millions of individuals — each with his or…
Each culture begets its own storybook tropes. They’re rough outlines of plots that dictate the development of fables and stories. During much of the Middle Ages, princes had to undergo tests of courage and strength to win the hand of…
