Part I: What's really in the Bible? Although I have regularly picked up my King James Bible, I haven't had the stamina to plow all the way through. Kudos to the authors of the "Skeptic's Annotated Bible." We know they really made it to the end because they left proof…
Bill Moyers thoughtfully analyzed this distinction in tompaine.com. He describes the access our legislators give to special moneyed interests: The total spent per month by special interests wining, dining, and seducing federal officials is now nearly $200 million. Per month. Moyers writes that this huge legalized bribe is "a small investment on the return,"…
Many people think that they are motivated to act morally by reference to a set of external rules. Not me. Although rules direct our attention to various problem-solving strategies, there are so many rules (and so many interpretations of rules) that people can easily "justify" almost any behavior by reference to…
For the past decade or two, American consumers have enjoyed low prices at Walmart, which imports many of its products from China. Simultaneously, American companies have enjoyed low prices by out-sourcing service jobs to India and manufacturing to China. Americans, both consumers and business leaders, believe they have saved money by doing this. …
Speaking about the lack of hard factual international news reporting by our nation’s major news outlets, Ted Koppell stated the following as part of his speech to the Overseas Press Club (where he received the President's Award): They have almost surrendered even the pretense of civic responsibility. That is not just…