The field of social work especially has become a hub for creating activists with the “blaming the victim” mindset. Herbert and Irene Rubin, for example, tell us that “blaming the victim is a form of social control that disempowers by ...
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In fields such as nursing, mental health, and social work, the emergence of university programs, professional associations, and legal certification requirements gradually crowded out the amateur, spontaneous charity that had been the norm. This development brought some advantages. To make ...
Read MoreThe Berlin Wall, the monumental symbol of the divide between West and East, between freedom and tyranny, was gone by 1991. But “no man’s land,” was still there, a haunting testament to the division that generated a 45-year-long Cold War. ...
Read MoreOf course, that entire system of thought ignores what really happens in the economy: how value arises, the importance of the entrepreneurial vocation, and the primacy of the individual person who stands de jure as unique and unrepeatable. It begins ...
Read MoreAristotle saw commerce in two ways. One was natural. Natural exchange is akin to bartering for what we need. If I need bananas and you need rice, we trade to meet those needs—the value of the exchange is exhausted by ...
Read MoreLandlords are, it should be obvious, landowners. If tenants are able to occupy landowners’ property without paying the agreed-to fee, the owners’ property rights are violated. Similarly, a restaurant is a privately owned building. The freedom to use that property ...
Read More“Perfect love casts out fear.” Perhaps if we focus less on stamping out the objects of our fears and pay more attention to contributing to the good of others, we’ll find that fear and anxiety and its attendant pathologies—alcohol and ...
Read MoreThe healing groups meet regularly and provide a time for sharing and prayer. They also provide an opportunity for remunerative work. The organization runs a micro-loan program, whereby women can obtain small loans to start businesses such as bakeries or ...
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