Posted in September 2011 …
Poverty and America: The Four Lost Decades (from The New Yorker Magazine)
From an article by the New Yorker’s John Cassidy The latest poverty and income figures came out this week, and boy are they disturbing. It’s not so much the headline figures, which have been well covered in the Times and elsewhere: 46 million Americans living under the poverty line in 2010, the highest number since the Commerce Department started … Continue reading »
Half of Wealthy Americans Agree with Buffett, Would Pay Higher Taxes
Business guru and famous super-rich person Warren Buffett made waves last month with an op-ed in The New York Times, “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich,” calling for higher taxes for him and other obscenely wealthy Americans. He argued that the nation’s very well-off are not sacrificing enough in these hard times and enjoying a tax rate much … Continue reading »
More than a third of European population suffer mental health problems
Read the article at the UK Daily Telegraph Online… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8741207/More-than-a-third-of-EU-population-suffer-mental-health-problems.html
David Lose: 4 Good Reasons Not to Read the Bible Literally
By David Lose, Christian theologian & author of ‘Making Sense of Scripture’: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lose/4-good-reasons-not-to-read-bible-literally_b_919345.html David Lose writes… Cards on the table: 1) I read the Bible — not as much as I should, I’m sure, but still pretty regularly. Moreover, I get paid to talk about the Bible with folks all across the country and have written … Continue reading »
5 Myths About 9/11 (from Washington Post)
We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001, when al-Qaeda launched its horrific attacks on the United States. In the decade since, no number of commissions, books, films and reports has been able to end the misconceptions about what 9/11 meant, America’s response to it and the nature of the ongoing threat. As … Continue reading »
