John Pinheiro
@DrJohnPinheiro
Historian, Research Director @ActonInstitute
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"Ruling is not just about solving a problem." It involves real people and thus requires personalism. Very enjoyable conversation here between @DanHugger and @kvallier for @ActonInstitute
“Instead of abandoning the fusionist ideal, we must begin by defending its core claim: Liberty and virtue reinforce one another. “ @kvallier for @ActonInstitute. #conservatism #liberty Attn. @FreeConTalk
What does today’s conservative landscape look like?
What does today’s conservative landscape look like?
acton.is/4m6dlEy The Fusionist Manifesto via @kvallier
Short clip from the latest episode of @ActonInstitute 's podcast in which @DavidBahnsen wonders if artificial intelligence will make society more productive youtube.com/shorts/gcC1zAE… Watch & listen to full episode 👇
Wow, a photo from Acton University 2009. The small bit of gray hair you see was the result of taking 20 students to Ireland for a semester. You could probably land a small aircraft on that tie, which I bought off the street in Rome. So you know it's truly Italian made.
Thomas #Jefferson in 1811: "“the true barriers of our liberty in this country are our state-governments... and the wisest #Conservative power ever contrived by man.” Jefferson: the best check on federal power is not the Constitution’s separation of powers but the power of the…
"The nullification doctrine shows signs of life." Robert Elder says. thedispatch.com/article/histor…
Jesus, or “social, social, social”?
Clodovis Boff, along with his brother Leonardo Boff, was one of the most important philosophers of liberation theology. Here's what he said recently to Latin American and Caribbean bishops. catholicnewsagency.com/news/265323/fo…
“I was invited by Dr John C. Pinheiro, Director of Research at Acton, to attend Acton University in Grand Rapids, a think tank that profoundly shaped my understanding of the intersection between faith, economics, and civic responsibility.” thefridaytimes.com/07-Jul-2025/fa…
Short clip from the latest episode of @ActonInstitute 's podcast in which @DavidBahnsen explains how the true value home ownership is not in finance but family youtube.com/shorts/74l0j0c… Watch & listen to full episode 👇
Boris Yeltsin, 1989.
This by @scottlincicome is a full shopping cart overflowing with all of the reasons creating government-run supermarkets is a bad idea. thedispatch.com/newsletter/cap…
Horrible. It’s actions like this that lead to unbelief.
An archbishop has defended his decision to appoint a priest convicted of rape as archdiocesan chancellor, amid an outcry from French Catholics. pillarcatholic.com/p/archbishop-d…
Is a house a good investment? Maybe not, says @DavidBahnsen. youtube.com/shorts/c11Zlae…
Yes, the great English tradition of “tapas.”
Never has a more welcoming sight existed than Britain's lost and living pubs. 🍺⏳️
And it's been around a long time in the USA. amazon.com/Missionaries-R…
Nativism in America is not new. Neither is anti-Catholicism. I wrote about this in Missionaries of Republicanism. amazon.com/Missionaries-R… Manifest Destiny and American republicanism relied on a deeply anti-Catholic civil-religious discourse.
Today @DavidBahnsen is everywhere. For @ActonInstitute, on Acton Line. Acton Line podcast: youtu.be/yW07a6kiM2s
1/2 At @FoxNewsOpinion, @FreeConTalk signatory @DavidBahnsen described Zohran Mamdani’s primary win in the NYC mayoral race as a “dire warning” for the American Right. “This is what we will get nationally if we do not repudiate right-wing populism,” wrote Bahnsen, managing…
New episode of @ActonInstitute 's Acton Line podcast! Some incredible wisdom from @DavidBahnsen on the state of the American economy, housing, AI, and life. Watch & listen here👇 youtu.be/yW07a6kiM2s?si…
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Do you follow @ActonInstitute? Then please Repost & follow me, too, in the pursuit of truth. Commentary, Acton events & grants & conferences, invitations, suggestions, inferences, conclusions, and @Vol_Football. #History #Economics #humanities #america #HigherEd #Catholic