“Politics must not be subject to the economy, nor should the economy be subject to the dictates of an efficiency-driven paradigm of technocracy. Today, in view of the common good, there is urgent need for politics and economics to enter into a frank dialogue in the service of life, especially human life. Saving banks at any cost, making the publi...

Some years ago I attended the funeral of the wife of a good friend. As I waited to offer my condolences I watched a slide-show of their life together and was impressed at how handsome my friend had been in his youth and how much his younger self had resembled the icon of his age: Elvis Presley. When my turn came to speak to him, after offering m...