A few weeks ago, I became enthralled by an article in the Wall Street Journal which highlighted the universality of community and shared meaning-- values that are often fostered by religions. In the article, the author, Alain de Botton, writes about…
Campus Conversation on Values
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March 19, 2012
Lucas Hernandez (Rollins College) on Economic Inequality
It doesn’t take long for the child of a Haitian immigrant in the slums of Little Haiti in Miami to become aware of the effects of poverty on their lives. Not only will children in impoverished areas like Little Haiti be surrounded by a host of other…
March 19, 2012
Talene Bilazarian (Johns Hopkins) on American Values
2011 could easily be characterized as a year of American identity crisis. On the left, streets were overtaken in Occupy protests that made one of the boldest demands for economic equality our country has ever seen. The right continued to be a…
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