Calvin Coolidge, civil rights pioneer?
Kurt L. Schmoke, Politico
The 30th president, Republican Calvin Coolidge, was a major supporter of Howard University and an overlooked figure in advancing the cause of racial equality in the United States.
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Moral markets
Marvin Olasky, World
Americans are about to relearn the lesson, says Steve Forbes, that it is big government and not capitalism that causes economic instability
Three Girls in Cleveland… and Millions Worldwide
Ed Stetzer, Lifeway Research Blog
Religious freedom lures many to U.S. from Asia
Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register
Immigrants, particularly from Asia, increasingly are coming to the U.S. less out of economic distress and more as a result of what may be called ‘lifestyle’ migration.
Muslims, Monasteries, Jews, Sikhs, and Scholars Urge Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Religious Liberty Appeal
The Becket Fund
Diverse Group of Amicus Briefs Ask the High Court to Protect a Peaceful Hutterite Colony
Religious Education in Peril
Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism
It is not likely that public school attendance will be required of all children any time soon, but the government may effectively restrict or prohibit religious education.
Fruitfulness Outweighs Productivity
Wilmer Villacorta, Fieldnotes Magazine
Fruitfulness outweighs productivity because it reflects our capacity to steward God’s creation.
The Case Against Cronies: Libertarians Must Stand Up to Corporate Greed
Timothy P. Carney, The Atlantic
Business professionals gaining vision for international outreach
Tess Rivers, Baptist Press
In many countries around the world, she notes, “It is difficult for IMB personnel to build relationships with business professionals. We don’t make sense to business people. They don’t have the time or the desire to mess with us.”
Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty?
Annie Lowrey, New York Times
The end to extreme poverty might very well be within reach. But is the bar too low?
What is this Thing called Virtue?
Bruce Frohnen, The Imaginative Conservative
Today we occasionally hear the word “virtue” used—and not always in sarcasm.
What Jim Wallis, Chicago, and Free-Market Economists Can Teach Us About the Common Good
Tyler Castle, Values & Capitalism
Is There a Distinctively “Christian” Way to Be a Bus Driver?
Justin Taylor, The Gospel Coalition
My sense is that often a singular question is being asked but multiple questions are being answered. The result is more confusion than clarity.
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