It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good Rick Santorum made his name in the 2012 presidential race with his principled conservatism. To understand Santorum’s worldview and vision for America, there is no better source than his New York Times bestselling book, It Takes a Family. It Takes a Family is one of the most profound and comprehensive books of political thought ever written by a politician. Santorum offers a penetrating look at the social, political, and economic shifts that have hurt American families—and a principled, genuinely conservative plan for reversing this slide. Here Santorum explains his core beliefs, laying out a humane vision that he believes must inform public policy if it is to be effective and just. Politicians of both parties, he shows, fail to address the way Americans truly live their lives: in families, neighborhoods, churches, and communities. It Takes a Family is animated by an appreciation for the civic bonds that unite a community—an appreciation that lies at the heart of genuine conservatism. |
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... young; crime rates that are still much too high; extreme violence and offensive sexual content on everything from video games to the Internet; 3,500 healthy expectant mothers carrying healthy children exercising a “choice” to end the ...
... young; crime rates that are still much too high; extreme violence and offensive sexual content on everything from video games to the Internet; 3,500 healthy expectant mothers carrying healthy children exercising a “choice” to end the ...
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... Young people understand that the married , two - parent family is vital . They understand because most have experienced the opposite in their own lives or in the lives of their friends . Young people today , from teenagers to those in ...
... Young people understand that the married , two - parent family is vital . They understand because most have experienced the opposite in their own lives or in the lives of their friends . Young people today , from teenagers to those in ...
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... young people was a liberal. Here's more proof that kids today get it. In 1977, 55 percent of American teenagers thought divorce should be harder to get. By 2001, fully 75 percent of all teenagers wanted divorce to be harder to get, not ...
... young people was a liberal. Here's more proof that kids today get it. In 1977, 55 percent of American teenagers thought divorce should be harder to get. By 2001, fully 75 percent of all teenagers wanted divorce to be harder to get, not ...
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... young men ages 14 to 22, it was found that boys who grew up without a married mother and father were more than twice as likely to end up in jail as boys who did. This proved true even after taking into account factors such as a mother's ...
... young men ages 14 to 22, it was found that boys who grew up without a married mother and father were more than twice as likely to end up in jail as boys who did. This proved true even after taking into account factors such as a mother's ...
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... young adults will understand about marriage. Keep in mind that they will have been raised in a society that considers marriage nothing more than a romantic and sexual coupling between men and men, women and women, and men and women. The ...
... young adults will understand about marriage. Keep in mind that they will have been raised in a society that considers marriage nothing more than a romantic and sexual coupling between men and men, women and women, and men and women. The ...
Contents
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE TIES THAT BIND | |
What Kind of Freedom? | |
Abundant Families in the Land of Plenty | |
Economic Responsibility | |
Work and Human Dignity | |
Wealth and Ownership | |
The Power of Knowledge | |
FaithBased Transformations | |
Smart Reinvesting | |
Wealth and Race | |
Habits of Association | |
Trust and Civic Connection | |
Subsidiarity vs Central Control | |
Changing Lives Building Families | |
Parents and Children | |
Religion and Social Capital | |
Where Social Capital Is Weakest | |
THE ROOTS OF PROSPERITY | |
MORAL ECOLOGY | |
Liberty and Virtue | |
Moral Capital and the Moral Environment | |
The Rule of Judges | |
A Personal Aside | |
The Impact of Partial Birth Abortion | |
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