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Top Secret America

Duane Shank 7-19-2010
The Washington Post today blanketed the front page with this lede:

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DC Catholic Charities: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Bryan Cones 6-14-2010
Few people expect their workplace benefits to be a casualty of the culture wars, but in Washington, DC, the battle over same-sex marriage hit local employees of Catholic Charities square in the poc
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Stop the Crippling of the Clean Air Act

Arthur Waskow 6-10-2010
The brazen chutzpah of Big Oil and Big Coal is amazing.
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'Doing God's Work': A Moral Case for Financial Reform

John Gehring 4-27-2010
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
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An Open Letter to Governor Brewer of Arizona

Gabriel Salguero 4-22-2010
Esteemed Governor Brewer:

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On Faith on Glenn Beck, and a Video PSA for Social Justice Christians

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 4-19-2010

Last week, The Washington Post's On Faith site devoted their weekly Q&A to the debate over social justice which they titled, "Wallis vs.

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Who Speaks for American Jews?

Isaac Luria 4-16-2010
It's the age-old question. Who can claim to speak for American Jews on Israel?

World Jewish Congress president Ron Lauder seems to think he's found the answer. It's him.

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This Isn't About Wallis vs. Beck--It's About Biblical Social Justice

Jim Wallis 4-14-2010
This post was written in response to the Washington Post On Faith question of th
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Tea Party Protests and Taxation Without Representation

Elizabeth Palmberg 4-09-2010

Well, it looks like some folks are coming to the District of Columbia this April 15 to protest under the "tea party" banner.

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Why We're Talking About Glenn Beck and Social Justice

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 3-30-2010
Jim Wallis is on vacation this week, but before leaving he wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post<
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A Torture Apologist's Flawed Theology

John Gehring 3-10-2010
The Washington Post has a new op-ed page writer drawing scrutiny for his hearty endorsement of "enhanced interrogation," which translated from Orwellian into English means torture.
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Tim Tebow's Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Brouhaha

Kathy Khang 2-05-2010
Is nothing sacred anymore?

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God's Economics: Pope Benedict -- and Jim Wallis -- Go Where Many U.S. Politicians Fear to Tread

John Gehring 1-15-2010

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The (Second) Worst Religious Idea of the Decade

Cathleen Falsani 1-06-2010

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 them two essays, as I couldn't quite decide which I thought was "worse."

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If They Are Too Big To Fail, Let's Make Them Smaller

Jim Wallis 1-04-2010

We're off and running. I am headed for the airport to go to Detroit for the first leg in our book tour for Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street-A Moral Compass for the New Economy.

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My Hometown Makes the Front Page of The Washington Post

Heidi L. Thompson 12-17-2009

At a recent holiday party, I tried to describe my hometown of Warren, Ohio.

"Warren?" I said. "Well, it's a lot like Detroit. With none of the perks."

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Dive!: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dumpster Diving but Were Afraid to Ask

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 12-04-2009

A confession: When I first saw publicity for Dive! I forwarded it to my main dumpster diving partner with the subject line: "great." As in, "great, now dumpster diving will become more popular and we'll have more competition."

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New Tools for Peace in Afghanistan

Jim Wallis 11-12-2009
When all you have is a hammer everything seems like a nail. No famous line more aptly applies to the president's current dilemma of seeking the best solution for Afghanistan.
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Why the U.S. Ranks 37 Among World Health Systems, Plus Four Alternative Models

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-09-2009
The United States is the richest nation on earth. It has some of the best-trained physicians and best medical facilities on earth. It is a leader in medical innovation and medical education.
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Bishops vs. The Bomb: Act II

John Gehring 7-31-2009
When the United States and the Soviet Union stared into the abyss of nuclear Armageddon during the Cold War, filmmaker Stanley Kubrick began reading obscure journals like the Bulletin of the At
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