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Don't Tear Down Fences - Brief Article
First ask why they are there First ask why they are there In the world of real estate, everyone understands the importance of boundaries. The...
Commonweal, 07/18/97 by David R. Jr. Carlin · More from publication -
Donohue's crusade: tilting at the wrong windmill - Catholic League for Religious and Civil Liberties head William A. Donohue - Column
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Liberties head William A. Donohue is a prominent opponent of critics of Catholicism. His attempts to...
Commonweal, 05/23/97 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication -
Taming the big bucks: democratic activism is the only way - deterioration of democracy due to influence wielded by big contributors to campaign funds
Wealthy contributors expect favors in return for the money they give for political campaigns. As a result, democracy has become corrupted as...
Commonweal, 04/11/97 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication -
The Crusoe fallacy - illusion of personal autonomy
Americans conceive of their social existence without regard for primitive religion, theology, philosophy, science and poetry. Called 'the illusion...
Commonweal, 02/14/97 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication -
Democracy in decline: freedom exalted, self-rule diminished
American democracy is deteriorating. Some indications of this are the decline in equality, the weakening of popular government and the...
Commonweal, 12/06/96 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication -
Taking liberties: lawyers above the law
The US Supreme Court has usurped the lawmaking power. It has extended the meaning of laws beyond legislative intent. Social issues to which the...
Commonweal, 10/25/96 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication -
Red Bob: Dole as fellow traveler
Dole sometimes acts like a Marxist simply because he believes the Marxist tenet that the economic factor is the most important one in society. The...
Commonweal, 09/27/96 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication -
Moving up the ladder: how equality reinforces inequality
The US has developed a self-perpetuating system of class division that drains potential leaders from the lower classes by making them part of the...
Commonweal, 08/16/96 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication -
Microscopic rights: an expanding constitutional universe
Judge Stephen Reinhardt's 9th US Circuit Court opinion in Compassion in Dying v. State of Washington expands both the right to die and judicial...
Commonweal, 06/14/96 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication -
Face it, we've lost; Catholics in an alien culture
Many Catholics are in denial about how much influence the dominant secular culture exerts in daily life. The widespread acceptance of abortion and...
Commonweal, 05/17/96 by David R. Carlin, Jr. · More from publication
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