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A new Decalogue for Russian business
By beginning to address in greater detail questions about morality and business, the Church is helping to set the stage for the transition from the “Wild West” capitalism of the 1990s to a more civilized and predictable business system.Measuring the Samaritan factor
Measuring outcomes is not simply a tool of business schools.Strange brew: Churches push for "fair trade" coffee
Falling demand for coffee, not exploitation, explains declining coffee prices.Bruce Springsteen: Bringing charity back home
Springsteen told Kurt Loder in the 1980s: “I want to try and just work more directly with people; try to find some way [to] tie into the communities we come into.”Robin Hood justice
A person, or a nation, can violate a tenet of the Decalogue only at his or her peril.The Bush immigration plan: A step in the right direction
After the colossal failure of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, something had to be done. Eight million undocumented immigrants later, President Bush's has proposed a plan, while not perfect, is a positive step toward helping people find jobs and fill employment gaps in our economy.Free trade: Moral questions and partisan politics
The Democratic Party's anti-trade bandwagon may have undermined its stated commitment to the poor.Give public broadcasting its freedom – now
Philanthropist Joan Kroc’s recent gift of $200 million to National Public Radio adds to the millions of dollars in tax-deductible donations from corporate underwriters and private citizens that pour into public broadcasting coffers each year. In light of the Kroc gift, and with growing evidence that public broadcasting has been almost totally commercialized, isn’t it time to wean public radio and television from the millions of dollars it receives from national, state and local governments?The Good Samaritan: Model of effective compassion
Treating our neighbor as a human being can be inconvenient, but it's a necessary part of Christ's commandment to "go and do likewise."Politics and faith-based research
Let's try to keep the politics to a minimum and focus on the people who need our help.The virtue of tolerance
do indeed render decisions that seem arbitrary and discriminatory, as the cases cited above demonstrate. Christians are frequently asked to privatize their religion even as other religions enjoy the freedom to practice their faith publicly. We all know the source of this discrimination: a form of political correctness that censors Christianity as inherently oppressive but regards other faiths as living examples of diversity.Devaluing the black family
Forty-three percent of black pregnancies end in abortion, according to a recent study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a leading research and advocacy organization promoting sex education. Nearly 70 percent of all black children are born out-of-wedlock. These two facts taken together should be perceived by everyone as clear evidence of a marriage and family crisis in black America.