New Oxford Notes: May 2012
Cornered by the Market
Once the 'market mentality' infects a society, authentic human relations suffer. Do we want a market economy or a market ? Where should consumerism end?
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Ivy League Culture Wars
There are campus activists and groups-- who are not necessarily Catholic or even Christian-- at Ivy League colleges fighting for traditional moral values on marriage and sexuality.
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Without the acceptance of a basic moral code such as the Decalogue, man, because of his intelligence, becomes far worse than mere beasts.
Populism has always rejected both the politics of deference and the politics of pity. It stands for plain manners and plain straightforward speech.