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Jim Wallis: A New Gilded Age
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The New York Times ran two pieces this week that tell us a great deal about where our country is economically. On Sunday’s front page, “The Richest of the Rich, Proud of a New Gilded Age” told the story of how many of the nation’s very wealthy chief executives, entrepreneurs and financiers echo an earlier…
Laurel Mathewson: Harry Potter Takes on Lord Waldemart
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When you think of labor unions, do you think of men in coveralls, meeting in dingy buildings late at night, trying to get the public’s attention through strikes or maybe a small newspaper clipping? (I’ll admit it, I kind of do). Well, it’s time to reset that union image—the fight for fair labor practices just…
Brian McLaren: What Really Sucks
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A friend recently brought to my attention the July 8, 2007, column by Rod Dreher in the Dallas Morning News. Dreher, famous as a “Crunchy Con”—a conservative who cares deeply about the environment—provides another excellent example of the important shift taking place on the fault line that for too long has polarized and paralyzed “left”…
Elizabeth Palmberg: Down on the Farm?
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Don’t think the farm bill (currently up for its 5-year revamp) affects you? As this handy article by Michael Pollan points out, the farm bill is really an eater’s bill, and the current setup is fanning the flames of the country’s high-fructose obesity epidemic. It’s also an environmental bill, driving what happens to almost half…
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