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The irresponsibility of corporate social responsibility
If business stops arguing for its own legitimacy that it is an important actor in a world that is still desperately poor, desperately ignorant, then who else is going to respect it?School for scandal: Hip hop goes to college
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been the bedrock of black economic progress since 1837. Although America's 105 HBCUs represent only three percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning, they graduate nearly one-quarter of all blacks who earn undergraduate degrees. The virtues of a college education among blacks are under assault, however, by the celebration of ignorance and misogyny codified in much of mainstream hip hop.Europe's amnesic anniversary
By no means should the EU be hostage to Europe's past, which contains more than its share of darkness. But surely an accurate appreciation of Europe's roots is more likely to make the EU less ambiguous about its future.Censuring Sobrino
Last week, Catholics around the world experienced a sense of déjà vu . In a reprise of theological struggles of the 1980s, the Vatican's guardian of Catholic orthodoxy, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal notification that two books authored by the prominent Basque-born promoter of liberation theology contained ideas that did not conform to Catholic belief.Evangelical environmentalism's moral imperative
The dialogue on climate change must advance beyond vilification and demagoguery.Why risk matters
Those willing to risk the expenditure of their capital, time, or labor in an enterprise, Aquinas argued, enjoyed a claim over the fruits that non-risk takers in that activity did not share.Religion and the vote
If faith is to be real at all, it can't be something that is generated by polling firms or dictated by consultants.Tax: Europe's new battlefield
Taxation need not be theft, even in the European Union.A lottery sell-off is a sell-out
Risky and profit-driven businesses are best run under the auspices of private enterprise, entails that lotteries be opened up to true competition — not only from other forms of gambling but also from other lotteries.Black virtue: Success beyond the Super Bowl
Black boys need to know that there are 12 times as many jobs for blacks in law and medicine as there are in sports.
Commerce and war: Poles apart
One of the best ways to promote civility in a commercial society — which we could define as a culture dominated and shaped by business activity — involves people refraining from using violence to achieve their ends. In the pre-commercial world, war was perceived on the part of figures ranging from Alexander the Great to Napoleon as the path to greatness and glory. By contrast commercial society thrives upon and inculcates the value of peace.Material goods and 'The Pursuit of Happyness'
Will Smith's latest movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, stands as an extended argument underscoring the truth of conservative values. This may sound like an improbable anomaly given the traditional political, ethical, and social allegiances of Hollywood, but the power of the story lies in its basis in fact, and this in turn prevents it from being appropriated as a tool for liberal political ideology.