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LATEST ARTICLES ( 628 )

• Why Immigration Reform Never Happens

  

  By Alan BeanThere are a holy host of great arguments for reforming our nations’ immigration laws.Latino voters flexed their muscles in the last presidential... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Senate Judiciary Committee Backs Away from Mass Incarceration

  

  Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed bipartisan sentencing legislation that represents a major move away from the lock-em-up policies of the past three... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Mathews: “Thug” is the New N-word: the Criminalization of Richard Sherman

  

  By Alan Bean Joseph Mathews is a writer and public speaker who is currently working on his doctorate in urban youth culture and education at Columbia University. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Evangelicals Call for Truce in the Culture War

  

  Rev. Samuel RodriguezBy Alan BeanThe basic thrust of the Imago Dei Campaign will not come close to satisfying liberals, but it is an excellent beginning. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• “Salvation,” by Langston Hughes

  

  Langston HughesBy Alan BeanI was deeply moved by this poetic essay by Langston Hughes.  That might seem odd to you.  Hughes could never get comfortable with... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Rachel Held Evans Breathes New Life into the Abortion Debate

  

  Rachel Held Evans finds herself stuck in the messy middle between the pro choice and pro life constituencies. She understands the arguments being made on both... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Shurden Reviews Charles Kiker’s “Haunted by the Holy Ghost: Memoirs of a...

  

  Readers of this blog will be familiar with the wit and wisdom of the Rev. Dr. Charles Kiker. What you likely don’t know is that Charles has written a wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 BOOKS, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• DEA Officials Gave Mexican Cartel Permission to Bring Narcotics into Chicago

  

  By Alan BeanA Mexican newspaper has published a thoroughly documented expose that makes a stunning case.  Beginning in the 1990s, the American Drug Enforcement... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Shame of a Defrocked Priest Raises Painful Questions

  

  By Alan Bean The still-unfolding story of Father John Salazar is tragic in almost every detail and raises all manner of disquieting questions. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• 5 Myths About Canada’s Health Care System

  

  By Alan BeanAaron Carroll teaches at Indiana University and blogs at The Incidental Economist. He is particularly interested in the health care debate and... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Will the Talking Heads Please Shut up So We Can Have a Real Poverty Debate?

  

  By Alan BeanJanuary 8, 2014 marked the fiftieth anniversary of president Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty and Democrats and Republicans used the occasion to... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Friends of Justice Receives Pollination Project Grant

  

  By Alan BeanLast year, Dallas-based real estate developer, Ari Nessell, gave away $1,000 a day to small non-profit organizations across the nation. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• My Christmas Eve Epiphany

  

  By Alan BeanI have been driven to a startling conclusion: the God who burns with compassion for the outcast is our salvation. That simple message fueled the... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Socialized Medicine Saves Money

  

  By Alan BeanA quick glance at this graph and you would think you were looking at a comparison of murder rates, incarceration rates, or the use of the death... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Bogus Obamascare Story Reveals the Impact of Staff Cuts

  By Alan BeanMaggie Mahar knew something was wrong when she read in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that a local woman’s health insurance policy had been cancelled... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Murder Rates Plummet . . . but Why?

  

  By Alan Bean Ask most people if violent crime rates are rising or dropping and most will pick the pessimistic option. The chart above shows how dramatically... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Top Ten Posts of 2013

  

  Blogging is an ephemeral medium: you get a lot of hits (if you’re lucky) the day you write something, but interest immediately wanes.  For the most part, it’s... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Evolution and the Politics of Brand Loyalty

  

  By Alan BeanFour short years ago, a slim majority (54%) of Republicans believed in some form of biological evolution; now only 43% hold that opinion. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Tulia, Texas Hires African American Police Chief

  

  Google Tulia, Texas and you will be bombarded with references to the ill-fated drug bust of 1999. By the time Rick Perry pardoned thirty-five defendants in 2003... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• “Affluenza” Controversy Sparks Terrific Debate

  

  James McAuleyBy Alan BeanThe debate over the Ethan Couch case isn’t over.  It’s all about the sixteen year-old who killed four people with his Ford F-350 truck... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY