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from CBS News (& affiliates)
Losing millions of dollars, Colonial Williamsburg makes ‘difficult decisions’
The President and CEO of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation announced "difficult decisions" were made in an effort to keep the historic tourist attraction up and running. In addition to cutting budgets in all departments, Colonial Williamsburg will begin outsourcing jobs it once handled itself. "For a variety of reasons – business decisions made in years past, less American history being taught in schools, changing times and tastes that cause us to attract half the visitors we did 30 years ago – the Foundation loses significant amounts of money every year," Reiss said. "In fact, in 2014, we lost a total of $62 million, or $176,000 every day. This is not acceptable, and it is not sustainable."
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from CNN
Politicians are notorious for making promises they can't keep. But they really outdid themselves in Illinois -- and now the state is paying for it.
One of the world's biggest record labels is going retro. Sony Music Entertainment said this week it will begin pressing vinyl records again, ending an almost three-decade hiatus.
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from First Things
Foodless worship is unthinkable in the Bible and has been unthinkable through most of Christian history. Christians go to church to eat and drink. This is nothing new. From the beginning to the end of the Bible, through a complex history of liturgical change, there is one constant: The people of God always worship at the table.
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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
Student Activists Hurt the Workers They Try to Help
Protesting so-called “sweatshops” in poor countries is a perennial pastime on college campuses across the United States. Yet experts across the political spectrum—including Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas Kristof, and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs—have argued that opposition to “sweatshops” in poor countries hurts the very workers that activists seek to help.
What the Rest of the World Can Learn from Hong Kong
Twenty years ago on Saturday, Britain handed sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. Today, the territory that the British State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Viscount Palmerston once described as “a barren island with hardly a house upon it,” remains one of the world’s greatest cities and its citizens enjoy one of the world’s highest standards of living.
Student Activists Hurt the Workers They Try to Help
Protesting so-called “sweatshops” in poor countries is a perennial pastime on college campuses across the United States. Yet experts across the political spectrum—including Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas Kristof, and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs—have argued that opposition to “sweatshops” in poor countries hurts the very workers that activists seek to help.
What the Rest of the World Can Learn from Hong Kong
Twenty years ago on Saturday, Britain handed sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. Today, the territory that the British State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Viscount Palmerston once described as “a barren island with hardly a house upon it,” remains one of the world’s greatest cities and its citizens enjoy one of the world’s highest standards of living.
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from The Living Church
THE TRUTH IS NO COWARD: THE CHURCH, SCIENCE, AND THE EVOLVING DEBATE ON CREATION
Author’s note: The purpose of this article is not to argue the merits of creationism or evolution, but to profile an important moment in the American approach to that debate and to note the historical shifts that have taken place in the last century that frame the debate as it continues into the next.
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THE TRUTH IS NO COWARD: THE CHURCH, SCIENCE, AND THE EVOLVING DEBATE ON CREATION
Author’s note: The purpose of this article is not to argue the merits of creationism or evolution, but to profile an important moment in the American approach to that debate and to note the historical shifts that have taken place in the last century that frame the debate as it continues into the next.
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from Orthodox Christianity
His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of Vidovdan, June 28, at the ancient Gračanica Monastery in the heart of Kosovo, calling upon the faithful to remain courageous and not leave the holy lands of Kosovo and Metohija, reports the site of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Vidovdan is a Serbian national and religious holiday, celebrated annually on June 15/28 in honor of St. Lazar and the holy Serbian martyrs who gave their lives in the epic Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Turks on June 15, 1389.
14,568 rare manuscripts have been made publicly available on the official website of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, reports patriarchia.ru. The digitization of the literary treasure was carried out as a joint project between the Lavra and the Russian State Library.
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from POLITICO
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How Liberal Portland Became America’s Most Politically Violent City
And it’s about to get worse, say protesters on both sides.
How Liberal Portland Became America’s Most Politically Violent City
And it’s about to get worse, say protesters on both sides.
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from Reason Magazine
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
When Gutting A Tax Board Is Actually Bad For Taxpayers
California's Board of Equalization is the only tax board in the nation with elected representatives. "It's the difference between being represented by elected officials who are accountable to the people in their district or the IRS model," said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. He doesn't downplay the problems at the board, but argues that the Democratic-dominated legislature targeted the BOE mainly because "it is perceived as too taxpayer-friendly." Indeed, Republicans wanted the board to retain its powers.
Minneapolis City Council Ignores Damning Seattle Study, Passes Its Own $15 Minimum Wage
Workers and business owners have pleaded with council members to consider the cost of their action.
Masterpiece Cakeshop Is Fighting for the First Amendment, Not Against Gay Marriage
Despite framing to the contrary by some.
Michigan's Pension Reforms Are Kind of a Big Deal
With a signature from Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan will be home to some of the most robust pension reforms in the country.
When Gutting A Tax Board Is Actually Bad For Taxpayers
California's Board of Equalization is the only tax board in the nation with elected representatives. "It's the difference between being represented by elected officials who are accountable to the people in their district or the IRS model," said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. He doesn't downplay the problems at the board, but argues that the Democratic-dominated legislature targeted the BOE mainly because "it is perceived as too taxpayer-friendly." Indeed, Republicans wanted the board to retain its powers.
Minneapolis City Council Ignores Damning Seattle Study, Passes Its Own $15 Minimum Wage
Workers and business owners have pleaded with council members to consider the cost of their action.
Masterpiece Cakeshop Is Fighting for the First Amendment, Not Against Gay Marriage
Despite framing to the contrary by some.
Michigan's Pension Reforms Are Kind of a Big Deal
With a signature from Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan will be home to some of the most robust pension reforms in the country.
from The Spokesman-Review
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
A new report from the US Army War College indicates that basing troops in South Korea and Europe is more cost effective than rotating them in and out of the US. War College professor and report author John R. Deni noted that moving troops back and forth from the US is a tactic that goes back decades, as it was thought to be most efficient, but this assumption is shown to be false upon examination of rotation costs over the last several years. Long deployments away from a home base can also negatively impact troop morale, he said.
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