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Why Can't Americans Work the Fields?
Originally Posted: 10/06/2011 - 6:58am | Type: Blog -
How ironic that for all the protests going on about unemployment these days there is a parallel, if less shrill, debate happening in our agricultural sector involving what to do about a shortage of wo ...
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Afternoon Links of Awesomeness: Food Edition
Originally Posted: 10/05/2011 - 6:24am | Type: Blog -
Apples Apples Ok, well, Apple (singular) to be more precise. Ever wondered what Steve Jobs' favorite gelato flavor might be? Yeah, us neither. But someone went undercove ...
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Life: Interrupted
Originally Posted: 10/05/2011 - 6:24am | Type: Blog -
I've come to believe that one aspect of maturity is the ability to see life's interruptions not as interruptions but as necessary events and journeys. If we think of the unexpected as an interruptio ...
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Did Someone Say "Class Warfare"?
Originally Posted: 10/03/2011 - 2:04pm | Type: Blog -
In his column Thursday, Sojourners CEO Jim Wallis took on "class warfare," calling it the "hot topic" of the week here in Washington, D.C. Wallis said: In his col ...
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Jon Stewart on 'the Poors': Fridges & Microwaves & TVs, Oh My!
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
WARNING: Sarcasm ahead. WARNING: Sarcasm ahead. Scandalous statistics reveal that nearly every household ( 99.9 percent according to the Heritage Foundation ) classified as &quo ...
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Obama on Jobs Act: 'They don't have the luxury of waiting 14 months.'
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
First, here's the transcript portion of the last five minutes of President Obama's speech where he really got his preach on: First, here's the transc ...
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Life as a Homeless Youth
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
When it comes to homeless youth the facts are simple, services in the City of Chicago are falling far behind the need. When it comes to homeless youth the facts are simple, services in ...
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A Faith-Full Labor Day Weekend
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Sometimes I wonder if the church that fails ...
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The Story of One Unemployed Man
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
He has been working since he was a teenager. He graduated from high school, went to college, graduated, got a good job with a good company, married, had children, and bought a house. H ...
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A Commentary on Caring for the Unemployed
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
One of my Saturday morning rituals is to listen to NPR's Weekend Edition, hosted by my friend Scott Simon, during my morning work out. One of my Saturday morning rituals is to lis ...