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Expressing concern for fractures in Honduran society between the poor and the powerful, a group of faith leaders in the U.S. condemned the coup that deposed President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales and called for a return to constitutional law.
The President...
We live in the age of Twitter transparency. Yesterday staff of United Methodist Communications and the United Methodist Publishing House met to discuss collaborating on the Rethink Church media and hospitality campaign. It was a good meeting. Lots of...
In the world of talk radio and cable television bloviation, Rick Santelli’s rant is but a blip on the radar screen. While it is a cause celebre on the blogs, after the first blush of attention it will fade into the thousands of other oddities archived...
I ordered an HP netbook online. It was heavily discounted and I like this model for its keyboard. I received an email confirmation followed by a UPS tracking number. The netbook was picked up in Shanghai. It’s in Anchorage as I write this.
Am I...
On Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show Wednesday evening, economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs made the point that the bonuses claimed by Merrill Lynch executives total more than the U.S. contributes to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis .
Sach’s...
It’s your fault, and mine, that Wells Fargo can’t say “thank you” to its tellers by taking them to Las Vegas for twelve days of revelry and relaxation because we’re so persnickety about how the bank’s corporate leaders...
I’ve been thinking about the demise of Starbucks for months, not just the fall in stock prices, nor the recent store closings, nor the ubiquitous shop on both sides of the street. I mean the loss of the brand relationship.
Starbucks is no longer...
I discovered Wordle, an online program that analyzes the words on a site and creates a cloud. Just for fun I ran Wordle on the Perspectives site and got this word cloud. Scroll over and click the image at left for an enlargement.
I don’t think it...
A report released yesterday says the U.S.is 42nd among developed nations in life expectancy despite spending more on health care than any other nation in the world.
And the U.S. is twelfth in human development which includes income growth, quality education...
The marathon that happens every four years in The United Methodist Church, known as General Conference, is over. And not a minute too soon for some delegates who felt sleep-deprived and exhausted with the ten-day, non-stop consideration of legislation...
About two years ago I had a conversation with a physician who cautioned, admonished might be a better word, to not call for an end to malaria. It was a call destined to fail, he said.
Knowing he was well-informed about global health, it caused me great...
The occurrence of a tropical virus in Italy raises questions not only about the effects of global warming, it also demonstrates yet again that diseases are not restricted by geography. Tiger mosquitoes migrating from tropical Africa carried the the parasite...
Friday is the deadline for petitions to General Conference. Fire up the word processors and get writing. You can submit your petitions online via this page. Anyone willing to write and submit a petition mentioning the MethoBlog will get a special shout...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling has outed one of the main characters of her best-selling Harry Potter series, telling fans in New York that the wizard Albus Dumbledore, head of Hogwarts school, is gay.ADVERTISEMENT
Speaking at Carnegie Hall on Friday...
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