Fairness and helping the less fortunate: – the disparity between the wealth of the rich nations and the poverty of the poorest should be the concern of all, and addressed through multi-lateral, bilateral and other aid programs. – Development of resources in common areas , especially the deep seas, Antarctica and outer space, should be …
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Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to; or he cannot and does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. But, if God both can and wants to abolish evil, then …
“It is one of the most detestable habits of a Lilliputian mind to credit other people with its own malignant pettiness.” People like Rush Limbaugh are both petty and vindictive. On the other hand, a man like Limbaugh makes simply oodles of money, so in the minds of those who worship money and low taxes …
In 1983, 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the U.S. At the time, Ben Bagdikian was called “alarmist” for pointing this out in his book, The Media Monopoly. In his 4th edition, published in 1992, he wrote “in the U.S., fewer than two dozen of these extraordinary creatures own and …
Contributed by Jane Dean On the world news, I was listening to news about the fierce fighting between the Tamil Tigers and the Government forces in Sri Lanka. It was happening near a particular Catholic church in which there was a statue of the Virgin Mary, purported to be able to heal snake bites and …
