Friday, November 25, 2011

Week #2 on this issue

Thoughts to guide your reading of the current issue:

Time for choosing, p. 4, describes a fascinating online experiment by the Tea Party to determine what should be cut formt he federal budget.  I have downloaded the results and will have the available tor ead or borrow in class.

Find Your Family First, p. 36, contrasts the decimation of American families (due to divorce, single parenthood, remote job searches and commitments, etc.) with the forced decimation in war-torn Sudan and other locales (due to armed conflict, refugee status, political asylum, etc.).

Holding Fast, p. 50, highlights the work of some organizations we should learn more about:  International Christian Concern and Operation World.

Signs of the Times, p. 61, goes beyond summarizing the legal conflict Austin's LifeCare Pregnancy Center to telling about its "Earn while you Learn" program, somethign whih matches well with the economic principles we were discussing last Sunday.

Hostile take-over, p. 66, shows the irony in the city of Richmond, where the The Tea Party is suing the city for a refund of  the $8,000.00 fee they paid for using the same grounds that Occupy protestors have used without charge for several weeks.  Are all U.S. agencies toothless tigers?c

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