Yesterday I saw a recent interview of Jim Wallis by Chris Matthews about the oil spill in the Gulf. It was in response to Rand Paul’s claim that the Obama Administration is being un-American when they state they will continue to keep their heel on the throat of BP to hold them accountable. The take… Continue reading My Addiction: How I Contributed to the Oil Catastrophe in the Gulf
A May 2010 report by the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University indicates that the wealth disparity between whites and blacks continue to grow. Especially noteworthy is that the growth cannot be explained by income alone, as high-income blacks have seen steady or declining wealth, while both middle- and especially upper-income whites… Continue reading Racial Wealth Gap Increases Four-Fold
I just completed the book “When Helping Hurts: How to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor … and yourself” by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert. I found I very much identified with their setup of the problem as laid out in the first half of the book, the heart of which begins with a… Continue reading When Helping Hurts
An unconfirmed report from an insider in the Illinois State government has indicated that a proposal to address the state budget was made Wednesday night by Mike Madigan, speaker of the Illinois House of Representative. As proposed, funding would be restored to last year’s level for education. But because tax increases will not be considered,… Continue reading Borrowing Against Human Lives
I will be the first to admit little knowledge of the inside workings of the sporting world. As I’ve heard reports about the NFL draft, though, I’ve got to thinking about its underlying procedure — the teams that performed most poorly have the option to select earliest in the draft. This is done in an… Continue reading The NFL Draft and the Case for Social Justice
