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Posts by Tyler Castle

Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College (political science), a former John Jay Institute Fellow, and a former intern for Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and AEI’s Values & Capitalism program. He writes regularly on issues of society, faith, and politics, and he is the former cocaptain of the championship-winning AEI softball team.
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Western Civilization’s Fatal Disease: Do You Have It?

| September 9, 2013 | Politics

As a people, we Westerners suffer from very little. Today, the “Black Death” that once devastated Europe seems more like science fiction than reality. In a matter of decades we cured Polio and have found a way to slow the effects of HIV/AIDS. People are healthier,...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Immigration, Taxes and Our Big Dysfunctional Government

| August 12, 2013 | Politics

What is the purpose of government again? To provide the public with news and entertainment by way of dysfunction and unproductive bickering? Lately it’s like a bad sitcom about feuding in-laws—except this is real-life and the stakes are high. Government should be a...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

My “Success” Story: What I Learned from Jesus and John Wooden

| July 30, 2013 | Faith

I am a 23-year-old college graduate. Am I quickly making a name for myself in the political world? Playing professional sports? Or rapidly climbing the corporate ladder? No. I’m serving tables at a restaurant while I search for a job. In a society that compulsively...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

A Nation of Takers or a Nation of Creators?

| July 1, 2013 | Society

As President Obama resentfully noted in his second inaugural address, conservatives have repudiated government entitlements—calling America “a nation of takers,” as outlined in Nick Eberstadt’s short book by the same title. More than anything else,...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Liberty Without Virtue: A Nation Without Its Heart

| May 14, 2013 | Society

A few weeks ago, I sat drinking coffee with my sister outside of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Just as we got up to leave, we were startled by a yell from across the way: “Hey! You dropped something!” We looked back to see my sister’s sweater lying underneath...
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Tyler Castle
Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.