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The digital divide and civil society
If the internet is actually the stimulus to world economic development that its defenders claim, then what tangible obstacles hinder developing countries from connecting to it?Christmas, sacred and secular
Christmas in America is done in a way that offends many people around the world, and also many Christians in the United States. But we should not be quick to take offense at its "commercialization."Toward freedom in the Arab world
Protection for property, exploration of vocation, offering charity and surplus to those in need, fair and just treatment to immigrants and employees, the free exchange of goods without the fear of fraud, enforceable contracts, and so on are not “Western” ideas. They are, in fact, Eastern principles that originated from the very region in need of an ongoing recovery of the way human freedom was articulated thousands of years ago.Would C.S. Lewis have risked a Disney 'nightmare'?
A newly published letter by C.S. Lewis shows how clearly he would have objected to a live-action version of his Chronicles of Narnia story. Should his readers agree?The state of flux
The perfect society. That's the myth at the heart of the new Paramount Pictures movie, Aeon Flux starring Charlize Theron in the title role.God and man in the environmental debate
Christians should strongly challenge the misanthropic strain in the modern environmental movement. Human beings aren't an accident. We are an intended part of God's good creation.There has to be a better way
Instead of haggling with parents at endless meetings, teachers could be resources matching children with the full range of public and private services.Why not fair-trade beer and cakes?
I heard the story again just a few days ago. You know the basic plotline: Poor coffee growers in third world countries get paid $1 per bag of coffee, which Starbucks then turns around and sells for $10 a pound. The story always concludes with a discussion about the evil firms involved and how markets result in people at the top getting rich and people at the bottom getting ripped off. But, in the end, this story can only survive due to ignorance of how markets work.Rosa Parks and the two black Americas
Black America is demarcated between those free to make their own choices and those whose choices are made for them by government – the latter being something that Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and others fought against.Compassion – A uniquely human trait
What is it about human beings that leads us to act compassionately when animals do not?El Salvador's secret: Freedom and opportunity cure poverty
El Salvador's success is simple: It stopped blaming others. The economic achievements of the past 15 years are due to the unleashing of productive energies created by the dismantling of the interventionist state of the 1980s.Sin is not cost effective
A country's “moral resources,” like the transparency of government, a lack of corruption, and the rule of law make the difference between an impoverished economy and a thriving one.