Saturday, May 11, 2019

In the news, Friday, May 3, 2019


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from Anglican Journal
News & Media Website in Toronto, Ontario


The Ontario House of Bishops is lending its voice to the diocese of Toronto’s College of Bishops in publicly supporting Kevin Robertson, area bishop of York-Scarborough in the diocese of Toronto, and his same-sex spouse, Mohan Sharma, in the ongoing controversy about the invitation of spouses to the Lambeth Conference in 2020. In a statement released Wednesday, May 1, the ecclesiastical province’s House of Bishops announced it had met in April and discussed, among other matters, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s decision, announced in March, not to invite bishops’ same-sex spouses to the international gathering of Anglican bishops.

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from Church Times
Newspaper in London, United Kingdom

Christians are the most widely persecuted religious community in the world, and attacks in some regions are so widespread that they are close to meeting the international definition of genocide, an interim report, published on Friday, says. The Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, who is leading the independent review of the persecution of Christians around the world, said that he was “truly shocked by the severity, scale and scope of the problem”.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Eliminate Student Debt Is Worse Than You Think
The latest salvo in the Free Stuff Wars comes from Elizabeth Warren and her plan to cancel (most) student loans and offer free college to everyone. This is absurd on its face. The elimination of monetary incentives can hardly have anything but a material detrimental effect on the quality of education provided in the US.

To Fight Overpopulation, Food Scientists Develop Maggot Sausage and Insect Ice Cream
Eating insects rather than beef or pork reduces greenhouse gas emissions and pollution.

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from HumanProgress.org  Education Website

Heroes of Progress, Pt. 17: Malcom McLean
Introducing the man who developed the modern intermodal shipping container, Malcom McLean.



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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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