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Bill McKibben's Brave New Eaarth (No, That's Not a Typo) Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eaarth-Making-Life-Tough-Planet/dp/0805090568/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274450099&sr=1-1&tag=sojo_blog-20"></a&g ...
Video: Vulture Funds' Absurd Assaults on the Global Poor Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: Do secondary debt markets, hedge funds, and offshore banking make you want to dance? Probably not. Do secondary debt markets, hedge funds, and offshore banking make you want to da ...
An Environmental Wake-Up Call Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: Earlier this week, we participated in a march from the Department of the Interior to the White House -- a direct response to the recent Gulf Coast oil spill (and the history of dirty energy accidents) ...
10 Good Things Vegetarianism Can do for You (and the World) Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: Having just read <a href="http://livelydust.blogspot.com/2010/05/review-of-eating-animals-jonathan.html">Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals</a>, I'm in ...
A Neighborhood View of Consumer Financial Protection Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: As someone who lives in Cleveland -- which in some years is identified as the poorest city in the U.S. As someone who lives in Cleveland -- which in some years is identified as th ...
Goldman Sachs' Excremental Deals Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: They were described using the first word on George Carlin's list of the seven words you cannot say on television. They were described using the first word on George Carlin� ...
Toyota: Can a Corporation Repent? Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: Will Toyota repent? Will Toyota repent? Last week Toyota announced yet another recall , this time of the Lexus GX 460 and the Land Cruiser Prado, luxury SUVs that had rece ...
Goldman Sachs Scandal: Immoral? Yes. Illegal? Should Be. Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: Listening the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/business/27sorkin.html?ref=business">chatter </a>defending <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/business/28goldman.h ...
'Doing God's Work': A Moral Case for Financial Reform Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: As financial reform legislation stalls in the Senate for the moment and embattled Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein testifies today before a congressional subcommittee, faith-based organizations an ...
Regulating Wall Street's House-of-Cards Casino Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: Last month, the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1256905/American-architect-beats-record-creating-worlds-largest-house-cards.html">Guinness World Records folk ...
On Faith on Glenn Beck, and a Video PSA for Social Justice Christians Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/04/19/on-faith-on-glenn-beck-and-a-video-psa-for-social-justice-christians/"></a>Last week, The Washington Post's <a href="http:// ...
Planting Trees on Good Friday Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: After a hard winter in the Eastern United States, spring offers a resurrection. Particularly here in the Appalachian Bible Belt, we're looking toward Easter. After ...
A Six-Point Summary of What the New Health-Care Law Should Accomplish Now (and Some Other Details) Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the most comprehensive health reform legislation in decades. On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law th ...
Lent on $2.50 a Day Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: My friend Irene Groot decided to try the <a href="http://livelydust.blogspot.com/2010/02/lenten-experiment-blog.html">Lenten Experiment</a> this year. "I recently sent off ...
What Glenn Beck Doesn't Understand About Biblical Social Justice Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: When Glenn Beck promised to devote a whole week of his television show to come after me, I wasn't sure he really meant it. I guess he did. Last night he began to make good on the threat he made o ...
Health Reform: A Major First Step Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Protests-and-Rallies/Health-Care/10104725_XrdU4#693990437_H8wF9"></a>As I watched our president present his plan to pass the health refo ...
Hurt Locker Can't Contain the Reality of War Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: I am not a movie buff by any standard, but somehow I suspect I am not the only one who was more than a little surprised at the reception of the latest war movie at Sunday's Oscars. ...
The Question of Climate Change is Secondary to the Need for Creation Care Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:33am | Type: Blog: It is still very much winter in Chicago. Sure, the calendar says March, but the piles of snow on the ground look more like mid-January. Everything is brown and crusty. It is still ...
Regulating Wily Predators in Ecosystems and Economies Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> I've been obsessing about coyotes. A breedin ...
To Dye or Not to Dye: How Do We Honor Aging Gracefully? Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: I had never noticed them before. I'm sure I would have noticed them if they had been there just a few weeks ago. I had never noticed them before. I'm sure I would have n ...
Supermarket Moments in the Environmental Conversation Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: Last week I was at the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon. I was sans children, and when that happens a trip to the grocery store can feel like spring break. Last week I was at t ...
Human Rights in China: Google and Gao Zhisheng Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: Google's vow to pull out of China last month was partly based on the discovery that human rights activists' Gmail accounts had been hacked into, purportedly by Chinese intelligence. As a hum ...
Haiti: Faith-Based Business Partnerships Seek a Sustainable Recovery Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: Three days after a 7.0 earthquake rocked their city, hundreds of Haitians returned to work at SPIA, one of the largest pasta production companies in the country. Three days after ...
Elizabeth Warren and Goliath Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> I had a most instructive conversation this week wit ...
Success, Seminars, and Salvation Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> Ever since the crash of 2008, I've found mysel ...
Fashion as a Social Justice Vehicle, Part 2 Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/08/fashion-as-a-social-justice-vehicl ...
Fashion as a Social Justice Vehicle Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> On his blog , international missiologist Andrew ...
The Soul of Davos: Oxymoron? Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> In past years, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, focused primarily on ...
Who's Succeeding at Making Churches More Multiracial? Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: A recent <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1950943,00.html" target="_blank">Time magazine article traced</a> the racial transformati ...
A Two Step Program for Reforming Wall Street's Gambling Addicts Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> Notwithstanding President Obama's denunciation ...
Creating Change in the Midst of Crisis: Re-thinking Our Values Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> In past years at Davos, I often found myself in ear ...
Video: Jim Wallis' Conversation with McKinsey Quarterly Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> At this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, ...
MLK and the Supreme Court: Why Campaign Finance Reform is a Civil Rights Issue Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Domestic/Washington-DC/9784402_5Kps2#663712345_UfZ3C"></a>This week started off by honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and is ending with a ...
Five Steps to Avoid Financial Disaster (Inflated Expectations, Part 2) Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/01/19/50-years-of-inflated-expectations/ ...
50 Years of Inflated Expectations Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> Over my working life, I have seen investments inflate. I have also seen prices infl ...
Beyond Wealth Without Work Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> This morning's Wall Street Journal headlin ...
Shameless: Wall Street's Masters of the Universe Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> When Adam and Eve, after eating the fruit, discover ...
Woza 2010 Woza! Reasons for Optimism in Africa Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: Woza 2010 Woza! Woza 2010 Woza! Meaning 'come 2010 come!' There is an air of excitement not only in South Africa but across the continent as the World Cup Football Tourn ...
Do You Believe in (Compounding) Magic? Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> Last week, I wrote about the boomers' seriou ...
Free Markets and False Dichotomies Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> I've just completed reading Jim Wallis' n ...
Live from New York: It's the New Conversation Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> Last night at the historic Riverside Church, Jim Wa ...
Book Tour Diary: Riverside Church and Rock and Roll Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> Last night, at the historic Riverside Church, New Y ...
Book Tour Diary: On Point Callers' Stories of Banks' Bad Behavior Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> The best interview on Wednesday was with "On P ...
Boomer Blues, Part 2: Have You Saved $1 Million Yet? Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/01/06/boomer-blues-we-dont-learn-from-th ...
Boomer Blues: 'We don't learn from the past, and we don't plan for the future.' Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> In this morning's New York Times, columnis ...
The (Second) Worst Religious Idea of the Decade Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: Earlier this month, the nice folks over at The Washington Post's Outlook section asked me to write an essay about what I thought the worst religious idea of the past decade was. I ended up giving ...
My Hometown Makes the Front Page of The Washington Post Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> At a recent holiday party, I tried to describe my hometown of Warren, Ohio.</p&g ...
Irrational Exuberance? You Got That Right! Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> Of all the Delphic utterances of Alan Greenspan ove ...
Cap-and-Trade's Bubble Trouble Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> There's a lot of debate, in Copenhagen and els ...
Drowning in a Rising Tide Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a> This month I watched as folks in Washington D.C. ce ...

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