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How to Cut $100 Billion -- Lessons for Politicians

Bill Shireman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Shireman

Republicans and Democrats should not just blindly support or oppose programs. If we need police to fight crimes, jobs for the unemployed, and health services for those in need, we need healthy systems.

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Sony PlayStation Move Ready for Holiday

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ramon Nuez

PlayStation Move, Sony's answer to Microsoft's Kinect for XBOX 360, is not simply a wireless controller: it's an ecosystem focused on the Move motion controller.

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A Candid Conversation With Outsell's David Curle

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ramon Nuez

From what I gathered during our interview, the law firm industry is making a fundamental shift. They are modernizing the shop, using social media to engage communities and demonstrate their legal expertise.

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Guest Blogger Ian Danley in Phoenix: 'I don't want my city to be the Birmingham or Selma in this drama'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

On Tuesday, a group of local faith and community leaders, along with Jim Wallis and Noel Castellanos, called on the Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, t...

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What Glenn Beck Doesn't Understand About Biblical Social Justice

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Jesus said that we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. I invited Beck to a civil and respectful conversation about the issues at stake here, but he has chosen a different path.

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Immigration Reform: Change Takes Courage and Faith

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we will -- because Jesus commands us to do so.

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The Cost of Doing Nothing About Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Although the health care bill is disappointingly incomplete, it nevertheless does extend coverage to 30 million people currently without insurance and provides subsidies for them to purchase it.

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Health Care and Bipartisanship in the Balance

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

President Obama, this is your moment for political courage, vision, leadership, and faith. We urge you to take heart and move meaningful health care reform forward.

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My 'Daniel Fast'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

I believe our nation is in deep trouble. Sometimes things get so bad that you really don't know what to say or do. When that happens, it's a good time to fast and pray.

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Elizabeth Warren and Goliath

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

As Elizabeth Warren, a good Methodist, warns: The banks are trying everything they can think of to kill financial reform. And we must not let them do that.

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Creating Change in the Midst of Crisis: Re-thinking Our Values

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

In past years at Davos, I often found myself in early morning optional sessions on social responsibility, in small rooms on the third floor of the c...

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Pray for Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Beck's predictions that health care reform would lead to government bureaucrats euthanizing people like his daughter are dead wrong, but we at Sojournors agree with Glenn on this point: God is the giver of life.

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Obama's Health Care Speech: Hope Over Fear

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

In his speech last evening, Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the faith community had asked for -- reform as a moral issue, affordable coverage for all, and no federal funding of abortion.

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