Given the breakneck pace of improvements in automation and artificial intelligence, fears about job loss and human obsolescence continue to consume the cultural imagination. The question looms: What is the future of human work in a technological age? Innovators such as Elon Musk and Bill Gates have done their share to affirm the predominant pessimism, painting a grim picture of a future defined by robot overlords and diminishing human contributions. “At least when there’s an evil dictator, that human is...

“This race is about people versus money,” said 28-year-old Democratic Socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who last Tuesday usurped the nomination from high-ranking House Democrat, John Crowley. Her viral campaign video also accused the reigning King of Queens of not breathing the same air or drinking the same water as his constituents. Very few expected Ocasio-Cortez’s grassroots movement to topple Crowley’s Wall Street funded political machine. “People versus money” is the anthem of anti-establishment candidates. As the Left moves farther left, it...

While many left-leaning American politicians tend to avoid the labels “liberal” or “progressive,” two popular Democrats—Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—proudly self-identify as a “democratic socialists.” Here’s what you should know about democratic socialism. What is democratic socialism? In Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey, Donald F. Busky explains the term this way: Democratic socialism is the wing of the socialist movement bines a belief in a socially owned economy with that of political democracy. Sometimes...

Westminster Abbey held a service on memorating the 70thanniversary of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). At the service Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, said that the “NHS is the most powerful and visible expression of our Christian heritage, because it sprang out of a concern that the poor should be able to be treated as well as the rich.” Holding a service for the NHS raises two questions: Why does the Anglican Church no longer believe itself to...

Last Friday, Theresa May’s Cabinet met to accept her plan for the UK’s future after Brexit. Over the weekend, a series of resignations began that could imperil her government. Rev. Richard Turnbull of the Oxford-based Centre for Enterprise, Markets, and Ethics analyzes these developments, and why they came about, in a new essay on Acton’sReligion & Liberty Transatlanticwebsite. He writes: Late on Sunday, the British Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, David Davis, resigned. On Monday Boris Johnson, the...

An East African terrorist group has banned plastic bags out of concern for the health of the environment, a bizarre irony that demonstrates the importance of honoring human dignity. Al Shabaab is a terrorist group affiliated with Al Quaeda that currently occupies regions of Somalia and is apparently very worried about the environmental impact of plastic bags on livestock. Who knew terrorists could be so conscientious? This, of course, is the same Al-Shabaab that has carried out horrific attacks throughout...

In “Origami of the Soul,” published recently by First Things, Timothy Reichert and Francis X. Maier argued that “hierarchical institutions” are needed to spiritually form the individual and that markets not only cannot form the individual, but also damage the institutions that would seek to. Institutions like marriage, the church, the military, take part in “folding” our souls into maturity, resulting in plex, and plementary shapes.” Markets, they argue, are impersonal and the increasing temptation of greater wealth draws people...

President Donald Trump announced last night that Judge Brett Kavanaugh will be his nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Here are five facts you should know about Judge Kavanaugh: 1.Brett Kavanaugh, age 53, was born in Washington, D.C.,and educated at Yale University (BA) and Yale Law Law School, (JD). He served as Associate Counsel and then Senior Associate Counsel to the President, and as an Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary to the President before being appointed by...

Europe is currently absorbed with the task of finding a unifying force among its diversity of culture and values. How can Europe e e pluribus unum– one out of many? Many European issues, from Brexit to the financial bankruptcy of Greece, should be understood through the framework of balancing national and international interests. Furthermore, among the flurry of adjustments to policy and government, how can the European Union assure that individual rights will be valued? Frederick Bastiat stated in The...

Series Note: Jobs are one of the most important aspects of a morally functioning economy. They help us serve the needs of our neighbors and lead to human flourishing both for the individual and munities. Conversely, not having a job can adversely affect spiritual and psychological well-being of individuals and families. Because unemployment is a spiritual problem, Christians in America need to understand and be aware of the monthly data on employment. Each month highlight the latest numbers we need...