Century Blogs Posts for June, 2011

Assembly-line justice

Jun 30, 2011 by Amy Frykholm

If federal policy met its goal of “zero tolerance” for people who cross the border illegally, the caseload in the Tucson federal courthouse would go from 200 a day to 1,000. Prisoners would need to be “processed” in groups of 40 instead of eight.

Transparency in ministry finances

Jun 29, 2011 by John Dart

Critics of Robert H. Schuller say that his glassy Crystal Cathedral, now in bankruptcy, was more transparent than the fiscal accounting and health of a ministry long dependent on television fame.

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Jun 24, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

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A bold idea from Thomas Geoghegan.

Health-care conversion

Jun 22, 2011 by Martin E. Marty

David Heim recently highlighted the article in the June 9 issue of The New Republic (subscribers only) by pioneer bioethicist Daniel Callahan and Sherwin B. Nuland, author of How We Die. According to Callahan and Nuland, our health-care system has for decades "been waging an unrelenting war against disease," with dire effects on the culture.

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Jun 17, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

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On adoption, Christians should put up or shut up.

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Rembrandt on Jesus

Jun 16, 2011 by Debra Bendis

Traveling to Paris or Philadelphia this summer, or Detroit this fall? You may want to consider taking in the exhibit on "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus."

Unsustainable medicine

Jun 14, 2011 by David Heim

It's routine, as you get out your credit card in the supermarket checkout line, to be asked to donate a few dollars to medical research. It's an easy way to contribute--and who wouldn't want to help conquer breast cancer or prostate cancer?

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Jun 10, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

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A major new survey of U.S. opinions about abortion.

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Double-barrelled toys

Jun 10, 2011 by Elizabeth Myer Boulton

Now that it's summer, I'm on the lookout for nonviolent water toys. They're a lot harder to find than one might think. If you look past the brightly colored plastic, all you're left with is mock weapons: rapid-firing automatics, pistols, double-barreled rifles, AK-47s and M-16s.

Easy faith

Jun 08, 2011 by Lisa Landoe

Huffpost Religion recently ran an excerpt from Desmund Tutu's new book God is Not a Christian. It begins:

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