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Family values and Grand Theft Auto
I've heard little mention of the most efficient and effective means of limiting moral pollutants like sex-soaked video games: the family.Ghetto cracker: The hip hop 'sell out'
What is often construed as urban black culture has striking similarities to the redneck, cracker culture of the Old South.More government control of charities looms
For faith groups, ceding more control and oversight of charity work to centralizing, federal authority would be against the grain of our American tradition.Heroes of the half-measure: Christian advocates for government charity
The entities with perhaps the most assets to spend on poverty relief (governments) are the ones that are least able to do so effectively.Our slap-happy slide into techno-violence
The free market is neither virtuous nor vicious, but every activity conducted within the market is directed either at virtue or vice.Business and virtue in 'Batman Begins'
The depiction of a morally responsible billionaire who is devoted to the common good serves not only to challenge entrenched stereotypes with respect to business; it challenges us all to pursue virtue – even heroically.It's a wonderful retirement?
Policymakers should address the oppressive taxes that Social Security imposes on the working poor, its pathetic rate of return, and inequities in its payouts.The free and easy charity of the 'One Campaign'
The One Campaign is flawed, because it demands that the U.S. government give $25 billion to foreign aid and invites Christians to respond to global poverty in ways inconsistent with Jesus' teaching.The culture's animating values
The movie industry is beginning to recognize a profit opportunity in producing more morally robust movies.Europe's statist nightmare – beginning of the end?
The political class in European countries like France and Italy is nothing short of imperious. It simply does what it wants, with little or no regard for the well-being of the average citizen, and at great economic and even spiritual cost.Of mice and men: What it means to be human
The creation of human and animal hybrids, known as chimeras, is the cutting edge of biotechnology -and runs counter to Christian anthropological notions of man's dignity and splendor.Global goods for the anti-globalization movement
Western protesters have the freedom and wealth to use Nokia cell phones and keep time on Seiko digital watches as they drive bumper-sticker laden Subaru Outbacks to protests, where they use Canon digital cameras (or a Nikon 35mm camera with Fuji film) to snap photos that will be viewed on the internet or on the news by millions watching televisions made by Sony or Toshiba.