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Neo-Conned!
IHS Press is a publishing house based in Virginia whose mission is to promote the social teaching of the Catholic Church. The name " IHS" is a truncation of the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus Christ. IHS Press has been concerned with the promotion of the social teaching as laid down by Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical ''Rerum novarum''. IHS Press has thus been primarily focused on reprinting the rarer works of authors who promote a third-way between capitalism and socialism such as G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, along with those of such older guild theorists as Arthur Penty and Heinrich Pesch. IHS Press is currently chaired by John Sharpe. In 2005, IHS Press launched a new imprint, Light in the Darkness Publications (LID), to print more miscellaneous works for a more general audience but still serving the larger goal of promoting the social teaching. LID will also be particularly dedicated to bringing about a well defined perspective on contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jude Wanniski
Jude Thaddeus Wanniski (June 17, 1936 – August 29, 2005) was an American journalist, conservative commentator, and political economist. Early life and education Wanniski was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the son of Constance, who worked at an accounting firm, and Michael Wanniski, an itinerant butcher. His father was of Polish descent and his mother was a Scottish immigrant. When he was still very young, his family moved to Brooklyn, where his father became a book binder. His grandfather was a Pennsylvania coal miner and a dedicated Communist who gave his grandson a copy of ''Das Kapital'' for his high school graduation. Career After college, Wanniski worked as a reporter and columnist in Alaska. From 1961 to 1965 he worked at ''The Las Vegas Review-Journal'' as a political columnist, where he taught himself economics. In 1965, Wanniski moved to Washington, D.C., to work as a columnist for the '' National Observer'', published by Dow Jones. From 1972 to 1978, Wanniski was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |