"Save the Children has dispatched emergency teams to assist with the effort to provide relief to children and families in Nicaragua and El Salvador after a devastating late-season hurricane and torrential rains wrought havoc on remote villages in the two countries."
Click here for more on the relief efforts.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Bystanders and Civilization: The Richmond Rape Case
"When our young people show apathy and indifference to human suffering, it’s a sure sign our society is in peril.
On the night of October 23rd, a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, California, was brutally assaulted by as many as seven young men between the ages of 15 and 20."
To read more of Mark Earley's commentary, click here.
On the night of October 23rd, a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, California, was brutally assaulted by as many as seven young men between the ages of 15 and 20."
To read more of Mark Earley's commentary, click here.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Child care pays off in support network for parents
"Everyone may call it child care, but it could just as easily be dubbed 'parent care,' judging by the benefits reaped by those who have kids in high-quality early-childhood settings, according to recent research at the University of Chicago."
Click here to read how child care benefits parents.
Click here to read how child care benefits parents.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Share Your Story of Compassion and You Could Win the Trip of a Lifetime
"As a part of GMC.com's 'Christmas of Compassion,' we're telling the stories of artists who inspire us, not only through their music, but also through their acts of kindness and generosity.
We’ll be featuring a new artist each week, so come back for more exclusive content, free downloads, photos and videos – all the good stuff to help keep you inspired this Christmas season. So inspired, perhaps, that you'll enter to win the trip of a lifetime from Compassion International by telling your 'story of Compassion!'"
For more on the contest and a link to the rules, click here.
We’ll be featuring a new artist each week, so come back for more exclusive content, free downloads, photos and videos – all the good stuff to help keep you inspired this Christmas season. So inspired, perhaps, that you'll enter to win the trip of a lifetime from Compassion International by telling your 'story of Compassion!'"
For more on the contest and a link to the rules, click here.
Idea man hopes to kick tickets to the curb
"Greg Bukowski is living the impossible dream, Chicago style.
He believes -- believes with the passion of the missionary, the victim, the entrepreneur -- that he has found a way to beat the tyranny of parking tickets on street-sweeping day."
Click here for the rest of this entrepreneurial story.
He believes -- believes with the passion of the missionary, the victim, the entrepreneur -- that he has found a way to beat the tyranny of parking tickets on street-sweeping day."
Click here for the rest of this entrepreneurial story.
Messin' with Reality: Why the Gay-Rights Movement Is Playing with Fire
"Our local military museum honors the valor, grit, and teamwork of the men and women in uniform all year. Today, however, it appears to be celebrating something very different.
The other day, after my sons spent the good part of a brilliant fall afternoon climbing on vintage Army tanks, we went inside and were confronted with a display entitled 'Lincoln’s Legacy, Our Freedoms,' marking the bicentennial of our 16th president’s birth. The exhibit asked how society might apply the Great Emancipator’s commitment to human equality today. It was a strange question, given the multiracial, multicultural crowds pouring peacefully through the museum’s great halls."
For more on this perspective, click here.
The other day, after my sons spent the good part of a brilliant fall afternoon climbing on vintage Army tanks, we went inside and were confronted with a display entitled 'Lincoln’s Legacy, Our Freedoms,' marking the bicentennial of our 16th president’s birth. The exhibit asked how society might apply the Great Emancipator’s commitment to human equality today. It was a strange question, given the multiracial, multicultural crowds pouring peacefully through the museum’s great halls."
For more on this perspective, click here.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
2012 or Bust: Without Faith, Fear
"Yesterday on BreakPoint, we talked about the popularity of doomsday scenarios. What’s behind the phenomenon? Simple—a lack of faith.
In the film The Day After Tomorrow, audiences were told that global warming could produce an instant ice age. Seriously! In 10,000 B.C., they were told that the pyramids were built by aliens using mammoths for the heavy lifting. Well, this same film director will tell us on the History Channel this month that life as we know it will end on December 21, 2012."
For more on Colson's insight, click here.
In the film The Day After Tomorrow, audiences were told that global warming could produce an instant ice age. Seriously! In 10,000 B.C., they were told that the pyramids were built by aliens using mammoths for the heavy lifting. Well, this same film director will tell us on the History Channel this month that life as we know it will end on December 21, 2012."
For more on Colson's insight, click here.
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