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Acton News and Commentary -- 14 June 2006
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Acton Commentary
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June 14, 2006 |
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Pro-family and church
groups are battling over a proposed policy that would
allow viewers to select their cable TV plans on an “a la
carte” basis. But why are they asking the federal
government to referee this fight? Jordan Ballor looks at
the most powerful communications policy: Turning off the
TV.
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This Week At Acton
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 The
Spring 2006 issue of Religion & Liberty is now
available. This newest issue focuses on the topics of
hunger and poverty, especially in the developing world.
As we explore the various aspects of poverty we touch on
issues ranging from the effectiveness of government
programs to the benefits of bio-technology and from the
implications of globalization to the need for a moral
foundation behind the development of economics. |
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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. If
you are involvd with a charity organization, please look
into this award opportunity.
Apply now for this $10,000 award, or one of the nine
capacity building prizes. |
PowerBlog Highlights
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Guilt Free Ecology
TerraPass is a way to assuage a guilty conscience
caused by your car’s CO2 emissions. In the interest of
trying to be balanced on the whole CO2 debate, here’s a
link to their climate change blog with plenty of GW
posts...
There are more environmentalist misanthropes than you
think
On April 3, I reported the story of Texas scientist
Eric Pianka, who allegedly argued in a speech that the
only hope for the planet was for a mutated Ebola virus
to exterminate 90% of the human population. Forrest
Mims, who attended the speech, broke the story. Over the
next few weeks, there was a media firestorm over the
incident, and Mims was accused of misrepresenting
Pianka’s speech. As a result, I received several emails
telling me that I should retract the story. I did not,
and I have no plans on doing so. I remain convinced that
Mims basically got the story right...
Evangelicals and Cable TV
A story over the weekend in Washington Post gives a
good overview of the mixed motives behind evangelical
campaigning for and against a la carte pricing of cable
channels, despite the poorly chosen title, “Evangelicals
vs. Christian Cable” (as if Christian broadcasters
aren’t largely evangelicals of some sort or another).
Just a sign that in the MSM evangelical is becoming a
term with primarily political rather than theological
content... |
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morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are
necessarily related. We need religion as a guide.”
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