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Aug 1, 2005 The best of Comment

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Work

Okay, you would think by now we would have this work thing all figured out. Besides sleep, it occupies more of our day than any other activity. We are often very good at it. But as an exercise for thinking about work, try answering the following questions: Why do I work? For what good do I work? When should I work?

Building Institutions: The Center for Public Justice

Jun 10, 2005

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Building Institutions: The Center for Public Justice

Skillen calls the Center the vanguard of a new kind of citizenry. Woven into the fabric of the Center’s identity is a conviction that the political order of America must be rethought all the way down to its founding basics. The Center exists, in large part, to testify against an individualistic liberal political order bent to the purposes of self-serving special interests groups.

Blessed Be the Ties That Bind (continued)

Nov 1, 2004

Blessed Be the Ties That Bind (continued)

Continued from part 1... As civil society discourse began to re-enter the currency of political debate a decade or two ago, historians of political thought reminded protagonists that the term in its modern sense goes back at least to the eighteenth century. Before...

Blessed Be the Ties That Bind

Oct 1, 2004

Blessed Be the Ties That Bind

Civil society is currently a topic of vigorous intellectual disagreement. On the one hand, it is celebrated as the source of numerous social goods: a key to the sustenance of social capital; a necessary contributor to the renewal of liberal democracy; an indispensable...

The Legacy of Max De Pree

Mar 1, 2002

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The Legacy of Max De Pree

MMax De Pree served for over 40 years with the Herman Miller Corporation. He held a variety of positions, leaving his mark most profoundly as CEO and chairman. During his tenure of leadership, Herman Miller was one of the most respected companies in the United States,...