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Poverty

Why are so many doctors are prescribing antipsychotic drugs to Medicaid-eligible children?

SharperIron Wed, 08/14/13 8:29 pm

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“[C]hildren on Medicaid are four times more likely to be on antipsychotics than privately insured children.”

Does poverty make kids mentally ill?

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The left’s conundrum: the environment or the poor

SharperIron Tue, 07/16/13 8:29 pm

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“There is a fossil fuel revolution underway that will make America energy independent in the near future. But the American left receives these glad tidings as a tragedy.”

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"Calling on the government to do or fund what we can do isn’t keeping our responsibility"

SharperIron Tue, 07/09/13 8:29 pm

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Do budget cuts make seniors go hungry?

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"As much as some of these radical pastors would say otherwise, their rhetoric still relies on listeners 'making a decision.'”

SharperIron Sun, 03/10/13 8:29 pm

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...reservations about David Platt’s approach to “radical Christianity” … and others in the radical tribe.

Related: Here Come the Radicals! (CT)

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Food stamps for pets?

SharperIron Tue, 02/26/13 8:29 pm

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New Initiative Sees 45,000 Pets Sign Up for Food Stamps

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Earned Success Is Key to... Helping the Poor, Scholar Argues

SharperIron Fri, 02/01/13 8:29 pm

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“Earned success,” Brooks said, “is the belief that you are creating value in your life and value in the lives of other people.”

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Tony Campolo: "young people are forcing us to shift to the red letters of the Bible -- to the words of Jesus highlighted in red"

sifilings Sat, 01/12/13 8:29 pm

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Campolo sees future ‘red letter’ church

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ETS presenters: the Bible does not teach wealth redistribution

SharperIron Sat, 12/15/12 8:29 pm

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Evangelical Theological Society member (and Southwestern seminary prof) Craig Mitchell: “Class warfare, wealth redistribution, and socialism can, at best, make people only equally miserable.”

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The Biblical Way to Care for the Poor

sifilings Sun, 09/23/12 8:28 pm

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The Biblical Way to Care for the Poor

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Ryan: "Simply put, I do not believe that the preferential option for the poor means a preferential option for big government"

SharperIron Wed, 08/15/12 8:28 pm

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What Does Catholic Social Teaching Have to Do with the Presidential Race?

“The preferential option for the poor means have an economy that is growing and have an economy that is wired, so that people who are in pockets of poverty that have never seen growth and economic opportunity before get it.”

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