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 As some of you may know, I served on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships for year one of his administration. Our one-year term is almost up, and yesterday we issued our final report to key members…
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Glenn Beck says Christians should leave churches that use the word “social justice.” He says social justice is a code word for communism and Nazism.
But since the Catholic Church, the Black Churches, the Mainline Protestant churches, and more and more…
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 The window is closing on comprehensive immigration reform. At least that’s what the politicians in Washington are saying. They’re afraid of more demagoguery. They’re afraid of upcoming elections. They’re afraid of the politics of fear. But I am more and…
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After nearly a year of our work for health-care reform, the debate seems to be reaching the end. News reports indicate that the president will propose his plan for moving forward, and climactic votes could come soon.
So what are we to…
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 Did you watch any of the health-care summit yesterday in Washington? Guess what? The Republicans and Democrats are divided and likely can’t find any common ground. All the morning press reports suggest that the Democrats may now use the parliamentary…
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 Yesterday, the Senate passed a jobs bill by a 70-28 vote, showing that even in today’s polarized political climate, bipartisan solutions to the major problems facing the country are still possible.
Today, President Obama hosts a summit on health-care reform with the…
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Sometimes things get so bad that you really don’t know what to say or do. When that happens, it’s a good time to fast and pray. Now, it’s always a good time for fasting and praying — especially during Lent,…
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I had a most instructive conversation this week with Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard economist who is also the Chair of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel. Warren has a way of cutting through the jargon and confusion of many economists and…
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President Obama’s 2011 budget, submitted to Congress this week, totals $3.8 trillion and projects a deficit of $1.6 trillion. And while analysts have had only two days to dissect the massive document, the president’s priorities are clear: jobs and the…
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The book of Jeremiah states, “For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health…
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After one tumultuous year in office, President Barack Obama used his first State of the Union address last evening to re-state his agenda. But rather than the inspiring rhetoric of a campaign speech, it was a more sober reflection on unfinished…
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In past years at Davos, I often found myself in early morning optional sessions on social responsibility, in small rooms on the third floor of the conference center, with people like Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank in…
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