Mr. Zuckerberg's Ovation
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The governor of NJ, mayor of Newark and founder of Facebook turned up on Oprah the other day.
They were there to talk about an exciting bipartisan partnership to improve public schools.
That’s worth knowing about in its own right, but not what actually caught my attention in this video.
Watch the whole thing for context (and you can find part two here), but the striking moment for me begins at... READ MORE
Social Justice & Health Care Reform
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, September 04, 2009
The bishops of Kansas City have released a joint pastoral statement on health care reform.
I think it’s important because it uses all the Catholic social justice principles to analyze proposed legislation.
Not just the life issues.
Not just the “right” to health care. (I’m using the scare quotes only because we need to be precise about what that right entails and what duties accompany it.)
They have some strong criticisms of the bills currently on the table.
But they are not on the side of those who think no reform is necessary.
See if you agree with me that this is the most thorough explanation of our Catholic duties and obligations as we wrestle with needed reform.
Let’s Not Lay Anyone Off
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, March 13, 2009
This is Paul Levy, CEO of a Boston hospital facing tough economic times.
Here’s a heartening story about him and his employees working together to save everyone’s job.
Mr. Levy didn’t want to have to fire the janitors and food service people who could least cope with job loss, so he approached his entire staff to find better solutions. And they came through, in spades.
The consensus was that the workers... READ MORE
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