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Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images What does faith say about human dignity, liberation, the value of each person and each people group? does it condone or condemn bondage, manipulation, and exploitation? Does it create a ruckus because it liberates people? Does it threaten power structures and tyrants? If so, that is a good sign.…

U.S. Census Bureau official website Historical Census of Population and Housing reports National Historical Geographic Information System, a main source for freely downloading census data for the period 1790 through the present Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, the main source for census microdata for the period 1850 through the present CensusScope, from the Social Science Data Analysis…

"Quick question," my friends say as a preface. Absolutely. Ask away, but here is a warning, "Have you ever known me to give a quick answer? For instance, "Where do you want that box?" "Hmmm … there are multiple shades of meaning to the question and numerous possibilities available with multiplied consequences not to mention…

We are thinkers and doers. Our doing must be informed and evaluated by our thinking. Otherwise, it is, by definition, thoughtless. We are also led by thinkers and we are leaders as well. Most of our unwise actions can be traced to unwise thinking. We can and should criticize leaders. Whatever our or their affiliations/convictions,…

" The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord." – Judges 3:12: Don't single out the Israelite family based on this scripture and history. They are simply…

Public Domain Marcello Venusti - http://capodimonte.spmn.remuna.org "From heaven you pronounced judgment; the earth was afraid and was still; When God rose up to judgment and to save all the oppressed of the earth." -Psalm 76:8-9 The words, "From heaven" ring in my ears today. Then, the word, "you" followed by "pronounced." What was pronounced from such a…