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April 2004
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Selling out to the man
04.07.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Selling out to the manIt’s official now: I am bought and sold. You’ve no doubt noticed the ads on the top of the page. If I’m lucky, the revenue will generate enough money to fund my shameful cashew addiction. But look at the bright side. Through the magic of Google Adsense, evangelicals are advertising on MyIrony! Last night I […]
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Will the housing bubble burst?
04.06.04 | Permalink | 9 CommentsNot the sort of thing I need to hear six months after buying my first house. But this Washington Monthly article (long) argues that we’re in for a downturn that could bring the entire economy down with it. Worse, there’s an ethics component: In most markets, buyers and sellers rely on independent experts to bring […]
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Digital ethics
04.06.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Digital ethicsThat internet file sharing harms musicians is arguable, according to a recent academic analysis. If economic harm is taken out of the question, the notion of harm has to go to an abstract notion of intellectual property and copyright infringement. I say it’s an abstract notion, but perhaps I should say legal. What I’d like […]
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Reclaiming a “vocabulary of reverence”
04.02.04 | Permalink | 8 CommentsA while back, Unitarian Universalist president Bill Sinkford called for UUs to reclaim a “vocabulary of reverence.” Starr King seminary president Rebecca Ann Parker has responded (some time later) to Sinkford’s call. (Hat tip to Philocrites for the news.) What follows are some off-the-cuff reflections.
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When I am rich
04.01.04 | Permalink | 2 CommentsDriving on the highway the other day, I noticed the state lottery was up to some ungodly amount again. I found myself asking what I would do if I won. If I became suddenly rich–I have little hope of becoming gradually rich–I would consider it my Christian duty to become an eccentric rich man. The […]
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