economy

How Obama’s Contraception Mandate Affects Your Business

by Judy Roberts November 14, 2011

As president of Heartbeat International, Peggy Hartshorn could face a moral dilemma if a provision of the new federal health-care law remains unchanged.
Under mandates adopted Aug. 1 for private insurance plans – and hailed by Planned Parenthood, which lobbied…

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The Cure for Perceived Barrier Syndrome

by Dr. Vincent Kituku November 4, 2011

The main symptom that you and/or your organization might be suffering from “Perceived Barrier Syndrome,” or PBS, is that you are not investing in your business or professional and personal growth.
A story is told of a study that was…

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Population Control Activists Call for Taxpayer Reductions

by Steven W. Mosher November 3, 2011

For over half a century, the population control movement has waged war on human fertility. Its ranks now include major international organizations like the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations Population Fund, as well as the foreign aid…

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Can a Global Central Bank Make More Disciples?

by Dr. Shawn Ritenour October 28, 2011

Do we need a supranational authority to enforce social justice? The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (PJCP) seems to think so. Its new document, “Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of a Global…

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Leave the Leftist Out of It

by Phil Lawler October 27, 2011

The Catholic Church does not claim teaching authority on matters of economics and finance. When the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace issues a statement on the world’s financial markets, faithful Catholics are not bound to accept the economic analysis…

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We’ve Been ZIRPed

by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson October 13, 2011

It isn’t easy to earn interest income these days. Interest rates on government T-bills, banks’ savings accounts, and certificates of deposit are microscopic. You can blame our government and central bank. They have “ZIRPed” millions of American savers. Here are…

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The Best Poverty Program

by Father Robert A. Sirico October 10, 2011

The Genesis account of creation tells us that from the beginning, humanity was created to work. God puts Adam in the garden to “work and watch over it.” The Scripture provides an insight into our nature: We are all, man…

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Buying Happiness on Borrowed Bucks

by Dr. Joseph Horton October 4, 2011

The student loan checks for the fall semester have now been cashed. Round one of the Federal debt-limit debate is over, but round two may soon begin. Should we be experiencing feelings of control or bondage?
It is proverbial that…

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Don’t Diss the Profit Motive

by Os Hillman September 29, 2011

Have you ever felt guilty making money? As people operating daily in an environment that often appears to be after one thing—the bottom line profit—it would be easy to reduce our whole purpose for living to gaining a profit in…

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