"Good news - the President has announced a reduction of the government work force by one million people (20%).  Bad news - the cuts were ordered by President Raul Castro in Cuba." So began the 20th anniversary dinner of The Acton Institute tonight in Grand Rapids, MI.  Acton co-founder, Kris Alan Mauren, loosened up the crowd with the aforementioned joke which served the dual purpose of making me laugh and disturbing me deeply.  But of course, the fact that Canada, Germany, France, … [Read more...]