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Back to SearchBradley J. Birzer on Christian humanism
Episode 228
Bradley J. Birzer, professor of history and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, joins this episode of Acton Line to…
6 years ago
Rev. Robert Sirico on the church's response to COVID-19
Episode 227
As the United States continues to wrestle with the fallout of COVID-19, many people are falling back on their faith and the church for peace. Many ch…
6 years ago
Stephen Barrows on COVID-19 and job loss
Episode 226
The United States has been in a state of emergency since mid-March as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to slow the spread of the virus, st…
6 years, 1 month ago
Kerry McDonald on a Harvard prof's call to ban homeschooling
Episode 225
Homeschooling is growing in popularity. In fact, the U.S. Department of Education has shown that it's grown at a rate of over 60% in the last decade,…
6 years, 1 month ago
Randy Barnett and David French on 'common-good Constitutionalism'
Episode 224
On March 31, The Atlantic published an article titled "Beyond Originalism," written by Adrian Vermeule, professor of Constitutional law at Harvard La…
6 years, 1 month ago
Rebroadcast: Russell Kirk and the genesis of American Conservatism
Episode 223
Russell Kirk has long been known as perhaps the most important founding father of the American Conservative movement in the second half of the 20th c…
6 years, 1 month ago
Adam MacLeod on how to talk about rights in our polarized age
Episode 222
Today, our most contentious controversies are about morality. We disagree about questions of efficiency and democracy, but across political aisles, w…
6 years, 2 months ago
A hopeful message in a time of crisis from Rev. Robert Sirico
Episode 221
In this episode, Acton's President and Co-Founder, Rev. Robert Sirico, offers some thoughts on what the role of the government should be during a cri…
6 years, 2 months ago
Helen Raleigh on how Communist China's coverup caused a pandemic
Episode 220
As of March 18, 2020 Coronavirus, or COVID-19, which originated in Wuhan, China, has infected over 200,000 people worldwide, and has killed more than…
6 years, 2 months ago
Rebroadcast: Samuel Gregg on the life and impact of Michael Novak
Episode 219
It’s now been three years since Michael Novak passed away. Novak was Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher and author, and was a powerful defender o…
6 years, 2 months ago