Inspiration
Faith & Prayer
Health &
Wellness
Entertainment
Love &
Family
Newsletters
Special Offers
Progressive Revival
Will the Real Loser Please Stand Up?
By
Diana Butler Bass
Yesterday morning CNBC anchor Rick Santelli exploded in a rant on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange against President Obama’s housing proposal. He attacked the “losers” who got suckered into bad mortgages, shouted that the proposal rewarded “bad behavior,” urged the banks and the President to foreclose on those mortgages, and force the myriad…
In Praise of Big (and Smart) Government
By
Paul Raushenbush
President Obama got his stimulus package passed, Now the real work begins. The next months and years will be a new opportunity to prove the effectiveness of government to create jobs, keep people in their homes and make life better for the average American. The crisis that confronts us will require all of America’s moral…
12 Steps to Economic Recovery
By
Brian McLaren
I watched President Obama’s Indiana speech and town hall meeting from my hotel room in San Diego. I was watching on MSNBC, with Chris Matthews hosting and Pat Buchanan commenting. Pat (predictably) panned the speech, saying that people in Elkhart make RV’s, and Obama’s speech failed to explain how we’d get Americans to buy RV’s…
A cry from the political wilderness about stimulus
By
Eric Sapp
(Cross-posted from FaithfulDemocrats) When examining the morality of a society or government, most people would probably argue that the most important thing to look at is how it acted. I would argue, however, that it is at least as important to look at how the society or government justifies its actions. Often, such an…
3
4
5
6
7
archives
most recent
search
this
blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners