In this special Dark Ops episode of the podcast, Mark Melton and Marc LiVecche discuss the 1946 movie It’s a Wonderful Life and the short story that inspired it, “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern. The film premiered in New York City 75 years ago on December 20, 1946.
Mark Melton & Marc LiVeccheDecember 20, 2021
Illegal economic migrants should be returned home, Biggar said, otherwise additional waves will be encouraged to migrate, nullifying national borders.
Mark TooleyNovember 9, 2021
In “One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger,” Matthew Yglesias argues that we must become bigger if we are to become richer.
Caleb JohnsonOctober 19, 2020
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) joined many Americans in expressing strong emotional responses to two Supreme Court decisions, one relating to Title VII protections against discrimination (Bostock v. Clayton County) and the other to the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” or DACA program (Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California).
Joseph E. CapizziJune 23, 2020
Little progress can be made toward improving the human condition of migrants without acknowledging the central role of the nation-state.
Mark AmstutzOctober 11, 2019
For the most part, church groups have been more interested in political advocacy than in seeking to illuminate how a biblical perspective might contribute to a more just immigration system.
Mark AmstutzOctober 9, 2019
If American evangelicals care about persecuted Christians and other persecuted religious minorities around the world, then we should care about refugee resettlement for victims of violence, war, and persecution.
Alan CrossSeptember 18, 2019
The gravity of any subject that deals with race and immigration deserves nuance, something Amy Wax didn’t offer in her speech or interview.
Sumantra MaitraAugust 28, 2019
The United States has become so immersed in the politics and policy of immigration that it has forgotten the human component, the immigrant within the crisis.
Jordan AldrichAugust 16, 2019
