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May 2005 |
| 1. ACTON COMMENTARY |
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“Global Goods for the Anti-Globalization
Movement” by Anthony B. Bradley
Why do so many protestors in the
anti-globalization movement seem to have
such a big appetite for the products of
companies such as Nokia, Seiko, Nissan,
Volvo, Toshiba, and the like? Maybe it’s
because, as Anthony Bradley writes,
their paternalistic views about the poor
and the developing world blind them to
the reality of the global economy.
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2. THIS WEEK AT ACTON |
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Samaritan Award Applications Open
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 The
Samaritan Award is a national search for ten
United States charity programs that receive
little to no government funding and that agree
that effective charity is rooted in the unique
dignity of the human person. First prize is
$10,000; nine runners up will receive grant
writing assistance, Web site support,
information technology assistance and more from
nationally acclaimed consultants.The survey
takes about 45 minutes to complete and has been
updated from last year – you can now create a
login/password that you will be able to use to
login from anywhere, enabling you to get started
on it, close out, and finish it up at a later
date.
Apply today! |
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3. ACTON
NEWSMAKERS |
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| 4.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT FROM ACROSS THE WEB |
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“Liberal Fundamentalism – Who are the intolerant
extremists?” Opinion Journal
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From an editorial
first published in The Wall Street Journal,
Sept. 13, 1984: “In retrospect, it's clear that
the moral clarity of the early civil-rights
movement was a political epiphany for many white
liberals. Some have since returned to
traditional, private lives; others have become
neoconservatives. But many active liberals
carried along their newly found moral certitude
and quasi-religious fervor into nearly every
major public-policy issue that has come along in
the past 15 years. The result has been liberal
fundamentalism.” |
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5. THIS WEEK AT
THE ACTON BOOKSHOPPE |
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As the Acton Institute celebrates its fifteenth
anniversary, the Communications department has begun the task of
re-editing and reissuing selections from the Institute's vast
catalogue of audio recordings. Each week, a newly re-issued
product will be highlighted here and made available to you
through the Acton Bookshoppe.
An Address on the Decline of American Values by
Charles Colson
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On June 7, 1993, Charles Colson
delivered an address at the Acton Institute’s
third Annual Dinner in which he discussed the
vital importance of maintaining a moral
foundation for society. He provides a strong
defense of the Judeo-Christian foundations of
American culture that remains just as relevant
in our current social context. |
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