http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm Guidance on Economics, its importance for Catholics, its importance to civilizations, and what are its objective truths. It might sound boring...but boy, we are all effected by it. en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:28:26 -0700 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:43:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss wluckey@gmail.com wluckey@gmail.com http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2009/10/9/John-Paul-II-On-the-Cutting-Edge-of-Catholic-Social-Teaching-on-Economics Some people treat Catholic Social Teachings in the same way that the Church treats revealed dogma—as mostly unchanging, but that there can be some expansion to our understanding of those revealed dogmas, but no change in Social Teaching. But Ca... Church Teaching on Economics Issues in Social Teachings Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:43:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2009/10/9/John-Paul-II-On-the-Cutting-Edge-of-Catholic-Social-Teaching-on-Economics http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2009/1/22/Ann-Coulter-and-Single-Mothers Ann Coulter recently published a book entitled Guilty. I have not read the book, but what I do know is that it has generated some controversy on at least two TV shows, namely, The View and The O’Reilly Factor. The essence of the controversy, at... Issues in Social Teachings Current Events Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:19:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2009/1/22/Ann-Coulter-and-Single-Mothers http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2009/1/9/Cosmos-and-Taxis Many people cannot get the idea into their heads that society was not created nor is run by a single authority. Now someone objected to this idea once by saying that since God created everything, He is effectively the creator of society as well. That... Economics Errors Issues in Social Teachings Current Events Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:10:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2009/1/9/Cosmos-and-Taxis http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/12/11/The-Economics-of-Politics PUBLIC CHOICE I—THE MEDIAN VOTER RULE During the election season, many Catholics wonder why so many Catholic politicians do not vote according to their professed beliefs. It is disheartening to have one famous Catholic politician say publicl... Issues in Social Teachings Economics for Catholics Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:40:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/12/11/The-Economics-of-Politics http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/11/21/The-Common-Good-as-an-Excuse-to-Override-Human-Dignity I cannot tell you how many times Catholics have used “the common good” as an excuse for more government involvement in peoples’ lives and the installing of socialistic, “spread the wealth” programs. This version of the c... Issues in Social Teachings Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:57:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/11/21/The-Common-Good-as-an-Excuse-to-Override-Human-Dignity http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/11/13/Why-Professor-Kmiec-Cannot-Make-the-Proper-Choice The Catholic News Agency reported an exchange of letters between Catholic and pro-life Law Professor Douglas Kmiec of Pepperdine University and Archbishop Chaput of Denver. In a speech, the Archbishop chided Kmiec and other pro-Obama Catholics for pr... Issues in Social Teachings Current Events Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:33:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/11/13/Why-Professor-Kmiec-Cannot-Make-the-Proper-Choice http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/11/10/CATHOLIC-STATISTS-WIN FOR THOSE CATHOLICS WHO THINK THAT THE STATE HAS TO RUN THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS OF THE ECONOMY TO ACHIEVE THE COMMON GOOD--CONGRATULATIONS!  WITH THE ELECTION OF OBAMA, YOU GOT YOUR WISH! Issues in Social Teachings Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:57:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/11/10/CATHOLIC-STATISTS-WIN http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/5/WAS-JESUS-A-CURMUDGEONY-ACADEMIC-TYPE The other day I had what I consider a disturbing conversation with another man regarding a passage of Scripture. It was about the passage in St. Matthew’s Gospel where Jesus calls Matthew. Jesus saw Matthew at the tax collector’... Issues in Social Teachings Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:43:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/10/5/WAS-JESUS-A-CURMUDGEONY-ACADEMIC-TYPE http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/31/Audio-The-Crisis-of-Catholic-Social-Teaching-on-Economics This is a talk I gave at "The Austrian Scholars Conference" in Auburn, AL on March 15, 2007.  It was for the 2007 Lou Church Memorial Lecture in Religiou and Economics.  In this talk, I address the subject of the crisis of Catholi... Issues in Social Teachings Audio Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:20:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/31/Audio-The-Crisis-of-Catholic-Social-Teaching-on-Economics http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/30/Misleading-Catholics-from-Within Many Catholic economists have wondered why so many Catholics are so ready to have the government take care of the neediest in society, while not stressing their own responsibilities.  So many Catholics are supporting pro-abortion candidates, not... Issues in Social Teachings Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:32:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/30/Misleading-Catholics-from-Within http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/2/KAREN KAREN I received news recently of the death of a very nice woman who lived across the street from us when we first moved to the town we now live in, over twenty years ago.  Her name was Karen.  She was very nice, attractive, young, si... Issues in Social Teachings Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:51:00 -0700 http://www.DrWilliamLuckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/2/KAREN