Common Good, Common Ground, Common Sense
“Until we reframe the conversation towards shared sacrifice, the common good, and solidarity, school reforms may be heavy on dialogue, focus groups, slick marketing materials, but nothing of substance will improve.”
“It wasn’t until the majority of millennials had taken on crushing student debt that news broke: A degree doesn’t guarantee a job, especially a job in your field or at an experience level that pays enough.”
look like: One is an unshakable belief in the inherent goodness of America – that she is the light of the world, whom everyone should look up to; the other is the belief that we must be vigilant and on guard to protect and expand upon the American promise.”
“Human beings have innate dignity and flourish in communal relationships, not as individual consumers or pawns of the state.”
“Family and community life are stuffed into smaller and smaller chunks of time in early mornings and late evenings.”
“Remove religion from American politics and there isn’t actually much left of American politics.”
“And yet, as a 27 year old white conservative who is generally skeptical of “Social Justice Warrior” talk, I have a very difficult time accounting for the available data without concluding that there is a systemic problem of racism distorting our institutions.”
“If you love America as it actually is, you necessarily rope yourself into loving something that includes people who don’t look like you, or think like you, or value everything you value, or even think much of you, but are as exactly as American as you are.”
[David Koyzis is a Global Scholar with Global Scholars Canada and has a PhD in government and international studies from the University of Notre Dame. He’s the author of Political Visions and Illusions and We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God. The following transcript has been edited for space and clarity.] * The American Commons:…
“Changing diapers, cleaning the kitchen, washing laundry, picking up the groceries, pushing the stroller, counting toes and noses, pruning the garden, feeding the babies, sweeping, reading and singing are impossible to quantify economically.”