Money can entice one to all kinds of sin; in fact, there is almost no sin imaginable to which it does not entice. However, this is merely the consequence of the core corruption money brings
Back in the 1970s and early 1980s, Public Broadcasting aired a television series titled “ Meeting of the Minds,” created, produced, written, and starring the multi-talented polymath Steve
In his recent message on the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Francis, citing Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, called climate change a sin, saying: My brother
According to a Pew Research Center report, “Religiously unaffiliated people have been growing as a share of all Americans for some time…. Religious ‘nones’ – a shorthand we use to refer to
The issue of a higher minimum wage – sometimes referred to as a living wage or a just wage – is back in the news, with a number of local and state governments enacting minimum wage
A recent AP news story laments that Rio’s poor would be watching the summer Olympics from their rooftops, since they have no ticket in to a celebration reserved for the rich and glamorous
When Nicaragua is in the news, it is usually bad news, and so it is once again as it descends into another dynastic dictatorship. The man currently building the latest family-run state is
The appeal of Bernie Sanders’ socialism is a puzzle to many, but it shouldn't be, not if we understand how most people think about economics. Sanders' appeal rises when economics is
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. Well, not really – mainly because we don’t actually face the threat of Skynet anytime soon. And thankfully neo-Luddites, those who argue for
An emphasis on the need for practical use is beneficial when applied to goods in the market, so as to meet the ever-changing demands of the consumer. But the value of some goods cannot be
Over the last decade, millennials have been characterized as filled with a sense of entitlement, lazy, and disillusioned. In the past year they have acquired another label: socialist. As a
In recent years, religious freedom in the United States has been treated by its defenders as a special form of freedom distinct from, say, political or economic freedom. This is not a viable