Tag: prudence
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Agnostics for Pacifism
Econolog: Agnostics for Pacifism A striking observation from my childhood friend Ghassan Bridi: Had we never invaded Iraq, we may have seen the people of Iraq today take to the streets and topple a despotic dictator in the second most populous Arab country on this planet… and not one American life would have been lost,…
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Today’s Most Devalued Virtue
Leadership Journal: Today's Most Devalued Virtue Why is a once honored leadership trait now despised? What's the most undervalued, under-discussed commodity on the leadership stock exchange today? What's the item that is currently on no one's list of desired qualities in a leader that once would have been consistently in the top four? It's not…
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Why How Matters
New York Times: Why How Matters Thomas Freidman I have a friend who regularly reminds me that if you jump off the top of an 80-story building, for 79 stories you can actually think you’re flying. It’s the sudden stop at the end that always gets you. When I think of the financial-services boom, bubble…
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Living Simply in Abundance (14)
“Material abundance is (A) rapidly depleting our resources and (B) destroying our environment.” This has become the refrain of a new generation of neo-Malthusian environmentalists in our day. It’s widespread in Mainline (National Council of Churches denominations) and is the dominant viewpoint among influential emerging church notables (Brian McLaren’s “Everything Must Change” is a prime…
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Economic Fallacies: “New Creation Now”
The "New Creation Now" fallacy holds that we can create "heaven on earth" while disregarding the reality that the New Creation can not be fully realized until Christ's return. It is common for economic critics to look at any issues that concern them (ex., income distribution, pollution, corporate abuse), compare them to the biblical narrative…