I can remember almost viscerally the days when my brother Michael and I would wander off behind my family’s tin-covered, sanguine colored barn, deeper and deeper into the woods off of Brawely School Rd. The forest, with its gorges and streams, seemed to be endless. No cars, cranes, or even people could be heard. No [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2010’
Looting in the Name of God
This Tuesday Goldman Sachs executives will go before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. A string of indicting emails have been revealed by the S.E.C. and the Subcommittee charging that Goldman fraudulently intended to mislead investors on risks (bets) related to mortgage-backed securities. The S.E.C. is charging that Goldman created and marketed securities that were [...]
Guest Author, Mike Swain: Short Confession of a UTS Catholic
Union Theological Student Mike Swain offers some reflections on being Catholic at UTS.
Bemoaning The Loss of Exclusivity
Today the Supreme Court will hear a case that will determine whether colleges and universities can deny official status and subsidies to student groups that bar homosexuals and other groups from membership. At the heart of this case… you guessed it, a Christian organization that denies membership to LGBTQ persons and “those who advocate or [...]
Rethinking Military Spending
Can we argue the ethics of the military from an economic standpoint? David McCandless’s data visualizations point out some difficulties in that line of thinking.
