Mercer economics professor Scott Beaulier co-authored an op-ed piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sept. 30 arguing that the proposed bailout of Wall Street. Beaulier, and co-author Peter Boettke of George Mason University, say that a bailout will be a step toward socialism and by saving Wall Street firms from failure the government will interrupt the necessary process of creative destruction that invigorates the U.S. economy and further distort the market, ultimately weakening it.
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Mercer law professor David G. Oedel pinned an op-ed piece titled, “True Financial Populism,” for The National Law Journal’s Sept. 29 edition. Oedel urges the presidential candidates to look back at history and build an economic vision around “anti-partisianship” and develop a practical plan to deal with the financial crisis.
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Mercer economics professor Scott Beaulier made an appearance on CTV, Canada’s largest private broadcaster, on Sept. 25, to discuss the proposed bailout of Wall Street Firms by the U.S. government. Beaulier provided analysis of the proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street firms on CTVs “Canada AM,” one of the highest rated morning news show in Canada.
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The Macon Telegraph ran the text of an interview with Mercer Economics assistant professor Scott Beaulier on Sept. 24 on its business page. The newspaper asked him his opinion of the federal government’s plan use $700 billion in taxpayer money to bail out the country’s financial industry.
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USA Today, the nation’s largest newspaper, covered a new poll of Southern evangelicals’ views on torture, commissioned by Mercer, on Sept. 16. The poll, also commissioned by the Center for Faith in Public Life, was released on Sept. 11.
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David Gushee, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer, wrote an opinion piece for USA Today, which appeared in Sept. 15 edition of the paper. USA Today is the nation’s largest newspaper by daily circulation.
In the piece, entitled “The Palin Predicament,” Gushee comments on the idea of what the nomination of Sarah Palin to the Republican Party ticket means for the evangelical base of the GOP, which was so inspired by the pick. Gushee points out that many of the conservative evangelical denominations from which the GOP draws its support would not allow her to lead a church as pastor.
These same conservative Christians who agree with Palin’s political views and are thrilled by the idea of her serving just one heartbeat away from the presidency would argue that it would be inappropriate for her to exercise leadership in her marital relationship at home,” Gushee writes.
Gushee points out that this dichotomy offers an excellent opportunity for those denominations to rethink their policies on women in the pulpit.
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Stories from print, broadcast and electronic media continued to flow from the National Summit on Torture, held at Mercer’s Atlanta campus. Faithful Democrats blogger Rachel Johnson, along with the The Baptist Standard and Associated Baptist Press, covered the event’s second day. Click on the following links for coverage of the conference. To view the coverage, visit these links: Faithful Democrats and the Associated Baptist Press. To see the Mercer story on the first day of the conference click here.
The new poll of Southern white evangelicals commissioned by Mercer and Faith in Public Life, which was released on Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Summit, also garnered notable coverage from a number of media outlets. In addition, WABE radio featured a story on its morning newscasts.
Click on the following links for coverage of the poll. The Baptist Standard, the political blog of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the religion blog of The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla., as well as the Religion News Service, through several outlets, including The Post-Standard of Syracuse, N.Y., and The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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Mercer’s record enrollment of more than 7,500 students was featured prominently on The Macon Telegraph’s front page.
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WMAZ TV published an investigation into the landlords of massage parlors in Middle Georgia. Raids by police at the parlors have led to a number of arrests on charges of prostitution and other criminal activities. Though no parlor owners have been cited by police for human trafficking, other massage parlors around the country have been found to participate in human trafficking. In the WMAZ story, Dr. Andrew Silver, Mercer professor and advisor to S.T.O.P., the Sex Trafficking Opposition Project, asked landlords to help break the chain of human trafficking, by ending their association.
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The first day of the National Summit on Torture held at Mercer’s Atlanta campus drew press and blog coverage, both of the day’s sessions and the press conference to announce the findings of a new poll of Southern evangelicals’ views on torture.
Click on the links to media outlets to view stories: The Macon Telegraph, Faithful Democrats and The Baptist Standard.
