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from Forbes
Homelessness Part 2: The Problems With Reductionism
Yesterday, in Part 1, I wrote about the problems of trying to define homelessness and how using a point-in-time count can be misleading when trying to formulate policy. The point-in-time count hardly captures the nuances of people who are in various stages of struggling with housing instability and there isn't any clear sense of what, quantitatively, defines too much homelessness or whether the goal is a complete end of homelessness all together and whether that is possible. But the conceptual problem gets worse. What causes homelessness? What usually gets offered by advocates and politicians are single causes that are usually tied to some policy intervention like more housing regulations or a tax on jobs or business. This reductionist approach to the cause means that the number, whether it's 4,000 or 12,000, will go away if we can just pass this or that legislation that will fix that one problem or generate enough money to offset that one thing's impact: homelessness.
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from Laudable Practice Blog
CONTRA TRACTARIANS AND LATITUDINARIANS, "OUR CHURCH"
From his 1843 Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Bangor, Bishop Christopher Bethell - following the publication of Tract XC - responds to the "the state of excitement to which the writings and opinions usually called Tractarian, have given occasion", and in doing so asserts principles of the High Church tradition.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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West using Christianity to subvert Chinese state says Communist Party official
Western forces are trying to use Christianity to influence China's society and even "subvert" the government, a senior official said, warning that Chinese Christians needed to follow a Chinese model of the religion. In a speech on Monday, Xu Xiaohong head of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China, said there were many problems with Christianity in the country, including "infiltration" from abroad and "private meeting places".
An Irish-American Army Invaded Canada in 1866. Here's What Happened
John O’Neill fulfilled his boyhood dream as he marshaled an 800-man army to the war front in the final hours of May 1866. The Celtic blood of the Irish-born soldiers coursed just a little quicker as they embarked on an expedition they hoped would ultimately result in the eviction of the British from their homeland after 700 years of foreign occupation. “The governing passion of my life apart from my duty to my God is to be at the head of an Irish Army battling against England for Ireland’s rights,” O’Neill declared. “For this I live, and for this if necessary I am willing to die.”What’s remarkable is that O’Neill’s men did not march off to battle over the sod of Ireland, but through the cobbled streets of Buffalo, N.Y.
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from The Telegraph (UK)
West using Christianity to subvert Chinese state says Communist Party official
Western forces are trying to use Christianity to influence China's society and even "subvert" the government, a senior official said, warning that Chinese Christians needed to follow a Chinese model of the religion. In a speech on Monday, Xu Xiaohong head of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China, said there were many problems with Christianity in the country, including "infiltration" from abroad and "private meeting places".
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from Time Media/News Company
An Irish-American Army Invaded Canada in 1866. Here's What Happened
John O’Neill fulfilled his boyhood dream as he marshaled an 800-man army to the war front in the final hours of May 1866. The Celtic blood of the Irish-born soldiers coursed just a little quicker as they embarked on an expedition they hoped would ultimately result in the eviction of the British from their homeland after 700 years of foreign occupation. “The governing passion of my life apart from my duty to my God is to be at the head of an Irish Army battling against England for Ireland’s rights,” O’Neill declared. “For this I live, and for this if necessary I am willing to die.”What’s remarkable is that O’Neill’s men did not march off to battle over the sod of Ireland, but through the cobbled streets of Buffalo, N.Y.
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from WIRED
Media/News Company
WHY IT'S SO HARD TO RESTART VENEZUELA'S POWER GRID
Venezuela's massive, nationwide power outages, which began on Thursday, have so far resulted in at least 20 deaths, looting, and loss of access to food, water, fuel, and cash for many of the country's 31 million residents. Late Monday, the United States said its diplomats would leave the US embassy in Caracas, citing deteriorating conditions. As the societal impacts intensify and Venezuela's internal power struggle continues, the country is clearly struggling to restart its grid and meaningfully restore power—a problem exacerbated by its aging infrastructure.
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WHY IT'S SO HARD TO RESTART VENEZUELA'S POWER GRID
Venezuela's massive, nationwide power outages, which began on Thursday, have so far resulted in at least 20 deaths, looting, and loss of access to food, water, fuel, and cash for many of the country's 31 million residents. Late Monday, the United States said its diplomats would leave the US embassy in Caracas, citing deteriorating conditions. As the societal impacts intensify and Venezuela's internal power struggle continues, the country is clearly struggling to restart its grid and meaningfully restore power—a problem exacerbated by its aging infrastructure.
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