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Lutheran Pastor Shares God’s Love for the Poor
Rev. Alexia SalvatierraThe Rev. Alexia Salvatierra will be speaking at our Common Peace Community kickoff event at 12 noon at Broadway Baptist Church this comin... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
A Changed Life Gets a Second Chance
Nazry and Hope MustakimBy Alan BeanHope and Nazry Mustakim will be speaking at the kickoff event for our Common Peace Community on Saturday. Read more
Posted on 20 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Cohen: The Lies We Tell Each Other About the Right To Counsel
Clarence Earl Gideon in 1963By Alan BeanFifty years ago, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright theoretically gave criminal defendants an iron-clad... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Canadians Outraged by Immigration Raid Staged for the Cameras
By Alan BeanCanadian activists are outraged by an immigration raid in Vancouver that they claim was staged for a reality show. Read more
Posted on 15 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
They Shoot Preachers, Don’t They?
By Alan BeanIn his book Don’t Shoot, criminologist David Kennedy identifies a disconnect between a criminal justice system built on the notion of personal... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The Conservative Case Against More Prisons
By Alan BeanVikrant Reddy and Marc Levin are unimpressed by arguments that associate high rates of American incarceration with white racism. In fact, race... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Probing the Subtleties of White Racial Bias
By Alan BeanI came across two columns this morning making the case that white people can be riddled with racial bias without feeling any particular ill will... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
With Immigration Reform Looming, Private Prisons Lobby to Keep Migrants Behind...
Laura CarlsenBy Alan BeanIn this HuffPost piece, Laura Carlsen lays bare the idiot greed driving American immigration policy. You will notice that most... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Cliburn Gives His Regards to Broadway
By Alan BeanLast night, Nancy and I watched a taped version of the funeral service for pianist Van Cliburn. Eight speakers, including George W. Read more
Posted on 05 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Private Prisons Fuel Growing Controversy in Florida
By Alan BeanThere’s nothing like a good scandal to get people talking about public policy issues that normally fly under the radar. Take private prisons, for... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Busines Writer Wants More “good Time” for Federal Inmates
Walter Pavlo Forbes Magazine is hardly a haunt of bleeding heart lefties and this piece by Walter Pavlo isn’t brimming with the milk of human kindness. Pavlo... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
In Memoriam: Van Cliburn
By Alan BeanAcclaimed pianist Van Cliburn died yesterday after a long struggle with cancer. The Associated Baptist Press has a wonderful piece about Cliburn’s... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Justice Scalia and the Politics of Racial Resentment
By Alan BeanAccording to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court needs to rescue Washington politicians from the scourge of political... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Evangelicals Find the Heart of God on Immigration
Jim Daly of Focus on the FamilyBy Alan BeanAmerican Evangelicals are gradually joining the push for immigration reform and the impetus behind this shift in... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2013 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
“OwlCatraz” Reconsidered
By Alan BeanIt’s hard for any university to turn down a multi-million dollar donation from an alumnus, even if you have to name a stadium after a notorious... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Sequestration Has an Upside
By Alan BeanSequestration means the federal government will have to make $85 billion in across the board budget cuts. While Americans like the idea of low taxe... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Immigration Debate Draws Attention to Operation Streamline
By Alan BeanThe immigration debate unfolding in the halls of Congress is directing increased attention to the nuts and bolts of American immigration policy.... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Where Did the Prison-industrial Complex Come From, and How Can We Send It Back?
By Alan BeanThis essay was presented at the recent Samuel DeWitt Proctor conference in Dallas, Texas.I went from being a Baptist preacher to my current work as ... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Did SNL Commit Blasphemy?
By Alan BeanSaturday Night Live has everybody talking. Actually, the sketch described below has folks beating their chests, rending their garments and howling... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Controversy Erupts as Florida University Names Its Football Stadium After a...
By Alan Bean Florida Atlantic University didn’t know what it was getting into when it agreed to name it’s football stadium after the private prison giant GEO... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY