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Anitra Parmele
2 Sep 2010
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If you can read this bumper sticker, thank a teacher. If you find something to read, thank a librarian. Sometimes truth comes on the back of the pick-up truck in front of you at a red light. Sometimes it comes in the words and actions of a middle school teacher who defies convention. When Dr. Dennis Wechter arrived in Broward County as a “Media Specialist,” he was one of very few males in that position. Even when he served as president of the Broward County Association for Media Specialists, he would often be the only male in the room. Spend […]

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Government stimulus: Out of sight, out of mind

Dr. Shawn Ritenour
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The President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) has released its most recent quarterly report on the effects of President Obama’s stimulus plan. Not surprisingly, the CEA praises this monumental Keynesian scheme, crediting the stimulus for saving or creating 3.6 million jobs and increasing the amount of private funds invested in the economy. What should we make of such claims? We would all do well to remember the wisdom of Frederic Bastiat: shopkeepers are not better off after having their windows broken by hoodlums, just as the victims of theft do not have their economies stimulated by thieves. Sure, the window […]

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Deficits, Debt, and Self-Deception

Samuel Gregg
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It passed almost unnoticed, but in late July the Obama Administration raised the Federal Government’s budget deficit forecast for fiscal year 2011 to $1.4 trillion. That’s up from February’s forecast of $1.267 trillion. In July alone, the Federal Government’s deficit was $165 billion, of which $20 billion was for interest-payments on debt.The long-term outlook is even worse. The U.S. Government is now borrowing approximately 41 cents of every dollar it spends. It’s also predicting additional borrowing of $8.5 trillion until 2020. If that eventuates, America’s national debt would exceed 77 percent of its annual economic output.At some point, most of […]

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His Caring Place: 25 Years of Saving Lives

The Good News
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In 1977, Julie West Sorrelle found herself in a frightening predicament that is faced by many young women in today’s society. At the age of eighteen, she was dealing with an unplanned pregnancy and decided an abortion might be her best option. Days before the event was to take place, and with the support and guidance of her parents, Julie’s future and that of her baby took a radical turn for the better. Julie decided to keep her child. She left South Florida and traveled to Pennsylvania to live in a Christian maternity home run by Jim and Anne Pierson. […]

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Dr. Ana Steele: Champion of the Dalit

Anitra Parmele
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Dr. Ana Steele is equally at home in the halls of Congress and the halls of academia. She has a masters degree from Georgetown University and masters and doctorate degrees from Johns Hopkins University. She has taught at Harvard and lobbied members of Congress for the Dalit people of India. She is intelligent, articulate, and passionate. Her passion is symbolized by a picture on her bookshelf. Among the tomes in Italian, Greek, and Russian is a close-up shot of a young Indian girl whose wide brown eyes demand your attention. What is not immediately apparent is that at the time […]

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Baylor students study orphan care in Africa

Kristine Davis
5 Aug 2010
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  A Kenyan girl sits with her baby doll in hand, smile on her face, changing the doll’s clothes and doing its hair. Minutes later, she places the baby doll into the arms of another child – with no protests of possession, no sense of selfishness. Faith-based organizations working in Africa are turning to the unselfish arms of family as an alternative to orphanages, believing families offer a more effective way to aid the millions of orphans on the continent who have lost parents to AIDS and other deadly fates. Baylor University professor Jon Singletary recently led a team of […]

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Get off to a great start

The Good News
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My favorite toy as a child was my race car set.  It had a race track with a groove down the middle of each lane.  Once you learned how to keep your car in that groove, those little cars would fly around that track.  The secret to winning was to get the car properly in the groove at the start of the race and keep it there.  If you were sloppy about getting your car in that groove, it didn’t make it around the first turn without flying off the track.The same is true for the start of a school […]

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Medi-Share: Bible based Health care

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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For Christians who currently don’t have health insurance or are concerned about how Washington’s health care reform will affect them, there is another option available. It is called Medi-Share. Over the past 17 years, thousands of Christians have been a part of this medical sharing program. It is based on biblical principles. Medi-Share is part of Christian Care Ministries, which was founded by John Reinhold in 1993, and is currently under the leadership of President Robert Baldwin.Robert defines Medi-Share’s vision as equipping Christians to achieve biblical health by “bringing together a group of like-minded believers to help one another financially, […]

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Supreme Court pick may be sidelined

Press Release
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As solicitor general, Elena Kagan has taken sides on a number of issues, which may exclude her from initial decisions as a Supreme Court justice. As the person chosen by President Obama to represent the interests of the U.S. before the high court, she would, as a justice, find herself called upon to offer an opinion on cases she was directly involved in.If confirmed, Kagan would likely have to recuse herself from 11 out of 24 cases, including a racketeering lawsuit against tobacco companies and a suit involving detainees at Guantanamo Bay.Stuart Roth, senior counsel at the American Center for […]

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Growing deeper in faith

Allen Baumgarten
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Faith is a necessary component of our growing closer to God and experiencing all that He has for us. Yet, it can feel like our faith is in short supply at times. God understands this about us and encourages us to grow in our trust in Him. The Bible is filled with men and women who trusted God, despite what they saw happening around them. One person of faith who stands out in particular is King David of Israel.David was born into a family of modest means. He was the youngest of the children and had a number of older […]

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