While people who care about the future of America must be technologically literate and capable, they must also relearn the art of politics, which is connected to the local institutions that Alexis de Tocqueville believed would enable our nation to thrive. De Tocqueville was impressed that while people took a strong interest in national political […]
Ernesto Cortés, Jr.
Ernesto Cortés, Jr., is the Southwest regional director of the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation.
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Faith, Charity, and Justice
In her book Men in Dark Times, Hannah Arendt recounts a story in which Pope John XXIII asked one of the Vatican gardeners, “How are things going?” The worker replied, “Badly, badly, Your Eminence,” telling Pope John what he earned and how many family members he had to support. “We’ll have to do something about […]