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The Politics of Envy . . .and Silence
Why are the Bishops silent? On the stump, politicians who would be President speak of the “politics of envy” and “class warfare.” Mormon Mitt and conspicuously Catholic Rick and Newt want the hurting...
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Presidential Candidates: Extractive or Generative?
In her latest book, Owning Our Future, Marjorie Kelly tells a hopeful story of “Journeys to a Generative Economy.” She describes people who are actually helping to build an economy “around ideals like...
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How would you spend $86,400 every day?
Imagine having $86,400 deposited in your bank account every day. It comes with conditions. You have to use it –or lose what is left of it–by the end of the day. What would you do? That was the...
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Hawaii: Time for Same Sex Marriage to Become Law
Bishop Larry Silva says, “No matter what our sexual attraction may be, we are all equal as persons.” Nonetheless his latest call to Catholics to fight marriage equality calls up images of transvestite...
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Raising the Minimum Wage is Pro-Life. So why aren’t all Pro-lifers for it?
Speaker of the House, John Boehner, a Catholic pro-lifer who has previously said he would rather commit suicide than raise the minimum wage, offered the logic that a raise would adversely affect...
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David Cohen: “I believe in grace.”
What better time to believe in grace than in the Easter season? Or, for David Cohen, in the season of Passover. The former president of Common Cause and “the preeminent voice of public advocacy” was...
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The Nuns Jumped Over the Wall
in memory of Fr. William Brennan, S.J. 1920- 2014. A prophet for social justice and equality, including women’s ordination. One of the most prized dishes in Chinese cuisine is called “The Monk Jumped...
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Exotic, Biotic Justice at SEED, Kaimuki
If you haven’t tried SEED in Kaimuki yet, you should. We went there right after an evening at Chaminade University with the Hogan Program which is dedicated to training students to do social things...
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A Path to Justice and Survival: Divestment from Fossil Fuels
. . .until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching. Is. 42: 1-4 It was a good way to begin the New Year: testifying before the Budget and Finance Committee of...
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freecatholic808:Reblogged with thanks to Bryan Kuwada. A wonderful perspective on the public conversation about the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea. “We native peoples carry our histories,...
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