The preamble of the Constitution declares that our government is supposed to “promote the general Welfare.” Yet conservatives claim progressive programs are un-American. Conservatives say the private ...

The preamble to the Constitution states that one fundamental purpose of the government is to “promote the general Welfare.” One might say the term “general welfare” does not give our government carte ...

The March 9 LNP | LancasterOnline letter “Possible cuts to Medicaid would conflict with what’s preached in the Gospels” struck my sense of social justice. The letter writer cited the Book of Matthew, ...

Humorist Will Rogers once said, "We will never have true civilization until we learn to recognize the rights of others." When recognizing the rights of people as citizens, we have a lot of examples.

Two of the weightiest questions in contemporary social ethics are: What is government’s legitimate role in welfare work? How ought the Christian Church to relate itself to the welfare role of ...