by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 9, 2005 | News
Worldwide military expenditures surpassed the $1 trillion mark for the first time in 2004, according to a report from a respected Swedish research organization. Spending totaled $1,035 billion. The report noted that in “real terms” this amount was only 6...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 19, 2005 | News
British leaders of a Christian-based initiative to reduce global poverty welcomed recent deals to forgive debts of poor countries, while acknowledging that more needs to be done. The Group of Eight rich countries recently finalized a debt deal canceling $25 billion in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 17, 2005 | News
Newsweek magazine apologized for a story alleging the Quran was desecrated at a U.S. military base in Cuba, but not before the report sparked rioting in the Muslim world. The report that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo prison had placed the Quran on toilet seats, and...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 28, 2005 | News
Fewer than one-half of 1 percent of Americans in an April 18-21 Gallup Poll said they would advise a young man to enter the ministry as a career, and just 1 percent said they would suggest a young woman aspire to be a stay-at-home wife and mother. The most common...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 12, 2005 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention’s “triumphalist” attitude after the victory of President George W. Bush is confusing the public about what it means to be a Baptist, evangelist Tony Campolo told a British newspaper. Campolo, a featured speaker at this...