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"One man's declassification of solitude," People's Daily Online (July 20, 2009) -- on Liu Zhenyun, One Word Matches Ten Thousand
Liu Zhenyun's new novel, One Word Matches Ten Thousand, is "an in-depth analysis of the alienation and estrangement that is considered common among many Chinese. 'The loneliness that plagues Chinese people permeates in each society in Chinese history and the novel, focusing on the general population and delving into their souls, constitutes the first of its kind in dealing with the subject since the May 4 Movement in 1919,' commented An Boshun, a well-known publisher and editor of the novel."
The Withering Watchdog - Exposé: America's Investigative Reports
PBS's "Exposé" series covers the disintegration of serious, investigative journalism in the U.S. Laura Frank, the author, points out that corporate organizations were cutting investigative reporting staff well before the Internet started cutting into revenues. In fact, cuts were well underway during a period when media outlets' profits were at record highs.
"Caritas in veritate" - Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI
An English version of the original. "Profit is useful if it serves as a means towards an end that provides a sense both of how to produce it and how to make good use of it. Once profit becomes the exclusive goal, if it is produced by improper means and without the common good as its ultimate end, it risks destroying wealth and creating poverty."
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Profit is useful if it serves as a means towards an
end that provides a sense both of how to produce it and how to make good use of
it. Once profit becomes the exclusive goal, if it is produced by improper means
and without the common good as its ultimate end, it risks destroying wealth and
creating poverty.
Richard J. Norton, "Feral cities: the new strategic environment," Naval War College Review (Autumn 2003)
The US military must equip and train for operations in urban environments where centralized law enforcement, basic service delivery, and legitimate economic activity has collapsed (e.g. Johannesburg).
Jon Meacham, "The End of Christian America," Newsweek (April 13, 2009)
Webcite: http://www.webcitation.org/5gBpjnyJl
Spirituality, not religion, makes kids happy - Kids and parenting- msnbc.com
From the page: "The link between spirituality and happiness is pretty well-established for teens and adults. More spirituality brings more happiness. Now a study has reached into the younger set, finding the same link in 'tweens' and in kids in middle childhood."
MondayMorningInsight.com > Documented: The Decline of America’s Largest Denominations
"Membership in the Roman Catholic Church declined 0.59 percent and the Southern Baptist Convention declined 0.24 percent, according to the 2009 edition of the Yearbook, edited by the National Council of Churches and published by Abingdon. The figures indicate that the Catholic church lost 398,000 members since the appearance of the 2008 Yearbook. Southern Baptists lost nearly 40,000 members."
Tom Wolfe on Radical Chic and Leonard Bernstein's Party for the Black Panthers -- New York Magazine
Full citation: Tom Wolfe, "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s," New York Magazine (June 8, 1970). Archived at Iterasi and CiteULike.
Who Would Jesus Smack Down? - Mark Driscoll, a Pastor with a Macho Conception of Christ - NYTimes.com
Profile of Seattle "New Calvinist" evangelical preacher Mark Driscoll, who is apparently famous for his uncompromising view of human depravity, for looking and acting "hip," for cursing a lot, and for his rather vicious stance towards gays and feminists.
Jon Pahl, "Mickey Love at the Magic Kingdom," Journal of Lutheran Ethics 3/10 (Oct. 2003)
On Disneyland and its religious, or anti-religious, significance.
No More Cheesy, Churchy Videos | Christianity Today Movies
On the Bel Air Drama Department, part of a Los Angeles Presbyterian congregation that makes near-professional-quality church videos. Many of them are linked from the post; they are well made, and some of them are really funny.
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