Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Links for 02/06/17

Links for 02/06/17: In the Boston Globe, Cardinal Sean O'Malley on the need to act justly to immigrants and refugees. This is, for Catholics, a matter of both history and theology. A splendid essay by someone who has...

MGB:_O’Malley know how to identify a real non-negotiable value, and he backs up his words with action.

97 companies demonstrate that they won’t defend the indefensible.

Unions need to think ahead to the future where their role will shift from collective bargaining to representing the interests of employee-owners in their craft, including accepting diverting public funds to ownership.

Rules about the economy reflect rather than cause agreement on what to do next.  The changes we need depend on imagination. Economic Justice and the Gift cannot be merely voluntary. They must be a right. Our imaginations need to work on how that would be and we need to listen to others with something to offer in this area, regarless of credentials or affiliations. Indeed, Francis essentially said from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.


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