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In Good We Trust

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 12.06.2011 | Politics

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

We are at a pivot point. To save the United States as we have known it, we need to put things in the proper balance and perspective. We need to reaffirm our trust in good as well as God.

Live or Die: Do We Care Anymore?

John Geyman | Posted 12.12.2011 | Business

John Geyman

We have had about a 75-year experiment with employer-sponsored health insurance, but its track record is one of continued decline over the last 30 years.

Friday Talking Points -- Class Warfare? Hardly.

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.23.2011 | Politics

Chris Weigant

As was entirely predictable, once Obama stood up for taxing the rich folk a wee bit more, the Republicans fired back with what they think is the biggest weapon in their arsenal: screaming "Class warfare!"

Defending Trade Unions as Labor Day Approaches

David Coates | Posted 10.29.2011 | Politics

David Coates

In the right-wing litany, trade unions stand accused of causing unemployment by inflating wages and of blocking productivity growth and investment. The claims would be laughable were they not so dangerous.

After the Debt Ceiling, What's Next?

Francine Hardaway | Posted 09.30.2011 | Politics

Francine Hardaway

Few people are concerned about the elderly, the poor, and the sick. Rather, this debt deal, like everything else, is driven by fear of disturbing the Asian markets. We are worrying about the downgrade, not the citizens

Perfect, Mr. President: Not Just the Speech, But the Timing and Strategy.

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.14.2011 | Politics

Paul Abrams

President Obama's speech hit all the right notes. He provided a background and context for the debt challenge. And he laid the blame for this challenge squarely where it belongs.

Cutting Workers' Pay and Benefits Doesn't Help Economic Recovery

Stan Sorscher | Posted 06.05.2011 | Business

Stan Sorscher

We are told we can't afford social investments. Sure we can. To me, social investment often out-performs what I could do as an individual.

What Is the Arab Third Estate?

Uriel Abulof | Posted 01.03.2012 | World

Uriel Abulof

For two long centuries, the Arab Middle East has struggled to meet the challenge of modernity, a task exacerbated by the lingering, and increasing, dissonance between the glorious past and the shameful present.

Making Business Succeed

Stan Sorscher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Stan Sorscher

To get into balance, we need to restore the social contract -- the deal that public resources are rightly used to promote business, and in exchange, businesses recognize a duty to shared prosperity.

When Government Fails: Grade F for Education

George T. Haley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Education

George T. Haley

Our governments have a responsibility to educate our children with the skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to society, and to compete successfully against global peers and competitors.

It's Time to Grow Up

Ben Tripp | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Ben Tripp

We can call it libertarianism, patriotism, conservatism, or anything we want, but the truth is this: an ideology of selfishness has gripped the nation.

American Workers: Laid Off On Labor Day

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Peter G. Miller

Today we celebrate Labor Day but we don't celebrate labor. We're quickly dividing the country into rich and poor and shrinking the middle class. It's a formula for national disaster.

Tax Cuts Are Theft

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Dave Johnson

Conservatives like to say that taxes are theft. In fact it is tax cuts that are theft because they break a long-standing contract: The American Social Contract.

Invest in America's Future

Stan Sorscher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Stan Sorscher

We all want to create jobs and encourage economic recovery. We now have over 30 years of experience with trickle-down policies. What has worked, and what needs change?

Chimpanzees Prefer Fair Play To Reaping An Unjust Reward

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Eric Michael Johnson

Fairness is the basis of the social contract. As citizens we expect that when we contribute our fair share we should receive our just reward. When s...

Philanthropy and the Economic Crisis

Georgia Levenson Keohane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Georgia Levenson Keohane

This week and next I am a guest blogger at The Center for Effective Philanthropy. My posts address philanthropy and the economic crisis, and include ...

Unconscionable Policies, Dangerous Politics

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Jodi Jacobson

It's one thing for private practitioners to decide not to offer certain services, birth control, for example. It's another to use tax dollars to impose religious principals that deny a specific service.

The Post-Social Contract Generation

Dr. Judith Rodin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Dr. Judith Rodin

Almost half of America's youngest workers believe the nation's best days may have come and gone. This is Generation Y, the nation's largest age group, and increasingly its most pessimistic.