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Sex Week at Yale University
ABC News February 25, 2008
Yale_s.jpgIs America addicted to porn? That was the topic of a "Nightline Face-Off" during Yale University's Sex Week. Nearly 500 students came to listen to "porn king" Ron Jeremy debate "porn pastor" Craig Gross on the question. Gross is founder of XXXChurch.com, a ministry to Christians who struggle with porn.

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What Does Hillary Believe?
Rob Moll, Christianity Today February 25, 2008
Hillary_s.jpgAccording to this interview with Paul Kengor, author of God and Hillary Clinton, Hillary is in lockstep with the United Methodist church on almost all issues. See what else he has to say about how her faith impacts her life...

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How Social Business Can Create a World Without Poverty
Muhammad Yunus, The Christian Science Monitor February 25, 2008
Yunus_s.jpgA world without poverty? Muhammad Yunus, "banker to the poor," and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner believes it can be done through social business. Unlike traditional capitalism, social business is driven by a desire to benefit society, not one's own pocketbook. Yunus thinks we just need to tap into the human "urge to do good"...what do you think?

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Charity Scammer Bennett Gets Out of Prison
The NonProfit Times February 25, 2008
scam_s.jpgAfter nearly ten years in a federal prison, John G. Bennett Jr. will soon be a free man. Bennett swindled clients such as Harvard University and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as many smaller evangelical Christian groups, out of over $100 million in the mid 1990's when he served as president of the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy.

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Gioia Worried By Culture That Trades Art for Entertainment
Dana Gioia, Stanford Univ. Commencement Address February 25, 2008
Gioia_s.jpgYoung Americans love watching Grey's Anatomy, playing Guitar Hero, and Facebooking their friends. But how many can name a living American playwright, scientist, conductor or poet? In this commencement address to the Stanford University class of 2007, Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, emphasizes the role of the arts in helping to create complete human beings who are capable of becoming world changers.

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One-Day Conference: Building a Nation of Entrepreneurs
Philanthropyroundtable.org February 12, 2008
entrepreneur_s.jpgEntrepreneurship is the great engine of job creation, innovation, economic growth, and the rise of low-income communities out of poverty. In May 2008, Philanthropy Roundtable will host a one-day conference for donors to explore how philanthropists can train the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders.

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