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Is the family still fundamental?

April 3, 2025 James Kalb 15

Last month, I suggested that subsidiarity comes from the idea that social order begins with the family, and proceeds from there to ever broader communities and ultimately to the whole world. This view makes the […]

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Yet another comment on ordo amoris

March 1, 2025 James Kalb 33

Vice President JD Vance’s recent comment that we should love and assist those close to us before those who are more distant provoked an outburst of argument that eventually involved even the Pope. The comment […]