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On The Commons: It’s About ‘We’ Not Just ‘Me’
“The right to private property, acquired or received in a just way, does not do away with the original gift of the earth to the whole of mankind.” –Official Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church (no....
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While interviewing the visionary writer, speaker, storyteller, (and all around nice guy) Jay Walljasper, a fellow of and an editor at OntheCommons.org last week for our Wisdom Voices Spotlight, I...
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Are We Teaching Our Kids How to Earn…or How to Think?
The important role education plays in our society is slowly creeping back into our national and political conversation. One example is President Barack Obama’s speech at the University of Michigan,...
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The Common Good, The Planet, and Humankind
Jim Wallis, author and editor of Sojourner’s magazine, was in town last week to speak on his latest book On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving The Common Good....
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Can We Realize We’re All In This Together?
As a youngster it was something I often took for granted: public parks, public libraries, public roads (how often we were amazed on the treks from Milwaukee to Chicago when we hit the Illinois Toll...
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