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Catholic Carnival - Corpus Christi Edition
Here’s this week’s Catholic Carnival, a weekly roundup of self-submitted posts from Catholic bloggers.
Reflections
Harrison Ayre at Witness to Hope presents Reflections on the Problem of Evil. “The Problem of Evil is one of the greatest problems that have ever plagued theologians and philosophers. How do we reconcile evil with a Good and Loving God?”
Audrey Yii at My Journey presents Being Too ‘Salty’. “Jesus said Christians are called to be salts of the world. But how ’salty’ should we be? This post is about my personal experience when I’ve added too much ’salt’.”
Tom Reagan presents Maturing in a View of Jesus Through the Rosary. This is Part II in Tom’s 3-part series Maturing in a View of Jesus, a View of Mary, and a View of Ourselves Through the Rosary. Part I is about maturing in a view of Mary, and Part III will be about maturing in a view of ourselves.
Elena LaVictoire at My Domestic Church presents A Teachable Spirit. “I post a lot about the difficulties of the Titus 2 responsibility and how it is difficult to live out that command. It is my opinion, that a great deal of that comes from an unteachable spirit in many young women today. I came across two examples of this in blogs by first time moms this week. ”
Jay at Living Catholicism presents Want a Better Marriage? Marriage Encounter is for You. “My wife and I just attended a Marriage Encounter weekend and these are my thoughts on why you should attend with your spouse.”
A Penitent Blogger presents Dark Accusations and Hard Questions, a reflection on our need to be diligent as servants of a just and merciful God”
The Feast of Corpus Christi
Leo Wong at Diary of a City Parishioner presents The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ with thoughts on the Real Presence.
Kevin Miller at HMS Blog presents The Sum of All Sacrifices, a reflection on the Mass readings for Corpus Christi, focusing on what sort of sacrifice the Eucharist is.
Father’s Day
Christine at Ramblings of a GOP Soccer Mom presents National Review Roundup on Dads discussing how important fathers are.
Other Uncategorized Stuff
Herbery Ely at HerbEly presents Book Review: Just War, Lasting Peace: What Christian Traditions can Teach Us. This book is the result of a one-day invitational forum on the applicability of the Just War tradition to the modern world. Herb recommends the book but wishes that it had given more background on 1) the decline of war over the past twenty five years; 2) von Clausewitz’s famous dictum about war being the continuation of politics; and 3) the context of turning the other cheek. He provides links to additional resources.
Rob at Crusader of Justice presents Summer Reading List on eight books with a Catholic theme to them that he really enjoyer many of them from his first year at Franciscan.
BarbaraSzyskiewicz at SFO Mom presents An Open Letter to Woman’s Day Magazineon why one Catholic mom cannot, in good conscience, continue to
subscribe to this mainstream magazine.
Humor
cehwiedel at Kicking Over My Traces presents Bill Mauldin Collection
Christian Carnival CVIII
Welcome to this week’s Christian Carnival CVIII, a weekly roundup of self-submitted blog posts from Christian Bloggers. Sorry for the lateness of getting this posted but having just returned from vacation, I’ve fallen somewhat behind. Posts are in the uncreative order of receipt.
Here’s this weeks entries:
Martin LaBar of Sun and Shield presents Dick Fischer on taking Gensis literally, pointing to an on-line article by Dick Fischer, wherein he argues, with quite a bit of evidence, that most or all of the claims of Young-Earth Creationism are contradicted by scripture.
John Howell of Braing Cramps for God presents Natural Law: Its Source and Discernment.
Miss O’Hara at Miss O’Hara presents Numb.
Kim C at Life in a shoe: a peek into the methods and madness of one mother of 7 presents Abortion in America. Good news from the other side: it’s becoming harder and harder to get an abortion.
FMF at Free Money Finance presents The Tithe is for Today. Talks about why tithing is a New Testament principle.
John Luke at Blogcorner Preacher presents
The Random Yak, for the Random Maniyak at Random Yak presents A Song of Wandering, but Not Alone
David Taylor of Disciple’s Journal presents On missions: What about the persecuted church?. While the nations rage about . . cartoons . . I provide a brief profile of Christian Freedom International as one example of ministry to believers in some of the toughest areas of the world to be a Christian.
Ed of Attention Span presents A Hint of the Eternal. What does it mean that God is eternal? How can we as finite humans wrap our minds around that concept? At Attention Span, rev-ed sees “A Hint of the Eternal” in a spring by the side of the road.
Laura Curtis of Pursuing Holiness presents Here we go again…. Christians will protest the “crucifixin’s” segment of Will and Grace furiously if the American Family Association has anything to say about it. And that is our right. However, before we act on this, let’s take a moment to think. Christians will protest the “crucifixin’s” segment of Will and Grace furiously if the American Family Association has anything to say about it. And that is our right. However, before we act on this, let’s take a moment to think.
Will Hinton of Dignan’s 75 Year Plan presents End of the Spear Controversy. “The casting of Allen does present ironies if not outright dilemmas. Saint himself said so, but has continued to offer Allen support (see below). But how far do these culture warriors want to take this? Because the logical conclusion of this approach leaves you in a cultural hermetic bubble, without any relationship to those of differing beliefs and practices. This isn’t about surrendering to PC ideologies. It’s about loving our neighbors and not confusing “in the world” with “of the world.”
Rev. Trudy Mackay of The God Blog presents How do we walk in love?. “Today it is impossible to keep track of the people you affect. Through our blogs, Rev. Trudy and I communicate with thousands of people every day. We can’t know how our words sit with them. Some take courage and inspiration; others might disagree. Even if you don’t have a blog, the simple act of going to town and walking in a store puts you in a situation beyond your own control. You are seldom seen as you see yourself. There is nothing you can do about this without the Lord’s help.”
John Hollandsworth of Light Along the Journey presents Neo’s Choices in the Matrix. John draws out some parallels between the choices that Neo makes in the famous film with the choices that all of us are faced with in our walk with God.
Matthew Jones of Random Acts of Verbiage presents Judges 19. A look at an extremely difficult Biblical passage. Where is the good news?
Richard Anderson of dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos theopilos presents The Fruits of the Theology of Matthew. Richard discusses the significance of Matthew using the word “fruits” six times in his gospel including three times in the Parable of the Wicked Tenants.
Adam Graham at Adam’s Blog presents Poem: Our Father. Adam at Adam’s Blog begins a series of poetic meditations on the Lord’s Prayer with “Our Father.”
Michael Meyer of Chasing the Wind presents Trusting in God’s Promises. Half-hearted Christians never learn to conquer the giants in their lives. Trust in the Lord to receive His promise.
Kim at Mother-Lode presents There is More. How do we reconcile our longings and disappointments with Christian contentment? Kim maintains that it is neither a Candide-like insistance that we live “in the best of all possible worlds” nor a Buddhist-friendly denial that anything matters.
Lennie of CrossBlogging presents Tolerance and Compassion in Islam. The last few days have provided some interesting events. The incidents in particular are the Cartoon in a Danish Newspaper and the Painting of Bin Laden portrayed as Christ. The first has outraged Muslims. They are rampaging in the Middle East attacking and threatening Westerners. The cartoonist have now gone into hiding after threats on their lives. Contrast this to reaction by Christians offended by the Bin Laden as Christ painting. The Christians have been speaking out and sending emails. They are not out rioting and threatening to kill the artist.
Jerry of Truth be Told presents Brockback, Jacked Up, and Screwed Up.
deputyheadmistress at The Common Room presents The Mission Field
Richard Crout of Give Your All 4 God presents Important Lessons from the Pinewood Derby.
Phil Dillon of Another Man’s Meat presents The Luigig Cascioli Case - Prooof for the Existence of Fools. This post is the ongoing case in Italy where a priest was sued and has to prove Jesus did exist.
A Penitent Blogger presents Commandments of Men. A reflection on how our Lord’s denunciation of the Pharisees might also apply to us.
Jeremy Pierce at Parableman presents Neither Male nor Female, Jew nor Greek. This post responds to an argument that Paul’s statement that there is no male or female, Jew or Greek, slave or free cannot be used to argue against racial segregation if it is interpreted in a way that allows gender role distinctions.
Kim Bloomer of Sharing Spirit presents All We Need is Love on how love is not about feelings but about action.
Rev Bill presents Pro Bono. Rev. Bill gives us some words from Bono of U2 — and a link to the speech Bono made at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Terry Hull of Terra Extraneus presents Why I am No Longer a Fundamentalist Christian. “When I was a teenage believer, I knew I was a fundamentalist Christian. I believed the fundamental doctrines of historic Christianity. I still believe those things today. However, today I am no longer a fundamentalist. Today I know that the term “fundamentalist” comes with a lot of cultural and emotional baggage, including a lot that I vigorously reject.
Louie of The Marshian Chronicles presents Some Truth About Accountability. The first of three articles on the importance of accountability in ministry, the reasons so many avoid it, and why it’s a pain in the butt!
CWV warrior of Christianity is Jewish presents Here a Year. cwv warrior talks about being a voice in the wilderness after one year of blogging for God.
Kathleen Dalton of Vegetable Soup presents Minor Prophets… Major Prophets… Ordinary Men. Here you will see some practical ways many people (and these are all people I know personally) have tried to fulfill their calling to be like the prophets of old…risking reputations, jobs, family acceptance, even safety…for the privilege of sharing their part of the picture of Jesus for all the world to see.
Alex of Jordan’s View presents What was the Point at “The End of the Spear”? Like others in the blogosphere, Jordan was critical of the filmmaker’s decision to cast a homosexual activist, but sees the film’s greatest flaw to be its muted gospel presentation, which sadly results in a film that does not fulfill its potential either as an evangelistic tool or as an artistic statement
Mark Olson at Pseudo-Polymath presents Considering Worship and Prayer Again. “I’m a tyro when it comes to prayer as evidenced by my carnival entry a few weeks ago. Anyhow, I take another stab at it and solicit suggestions.”
Derek Gilbert of P.I.D. Radio presents The Long War. American evangelicals need to step back and take a hard, critical look at this Republican administration we’ve elected. While we in no way support some of the key moral issues promoted by Democrats, Christian conservatives must wake up to the fact that President Bush is using a war that will never end to justify broad government powers our forefathers fought a war to escape.
Jeff the Baptist presents A Record of Prayer. To all the world this is a boring blue memo pad. You can get five of them for a few dollars at any supermarket or drug store. Yet inside is something precious. Every page is contains prayer requests…
All Kinds of Time presents The Doubters’ Commission. A closer look at who Christ was commissioning in the Great Commission.
…in the outer… presents Will the Church Survive?. Thoughts on the feared repercussion of the Italian litigation against Rev Enrico Righi that might lead to an adverse result to the church brought about by an appeal to the EU Court.
Donna-Jean of Liberty and Lily writes of the death of a long-time friend in her tribute, “At Home”.
View From the Pew presents Study of Mark: Mark 8:27-31. ‘I’ve been doing a study of Mark (for an unfortunately long time!) and this is the latest installment on one of my favorite passages in the Gospel — “Who do you say that I am?”‘
That’s it for this week. Next week will be hosted at Pursuing Holiness. God bless!
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Carnival of the Vanities #164
Here it is, the 164th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities, a collection of user-submitted blog posts from around the web. First submitted is first posted with the posts I think are best at the top. Some are repeat submissions from the Carnival of the Capitalists on Monday. Go figure. Misc. Comments interspersed in italics because I can. Enjoy!.
Editor’s Choices
Want to be in the Deck-O-Bloggers? They’re Taking nominations.
The MaryHunter at TMH’s Bacon Bits presents A Little Partisanship Never Hurt, Right?
Ferdinand T. Cat at Conservative Cat presents Paris Burning for All the Wrong Reasons
Barak at IRIS presents IRIS Exposes 2 Anti-Israel New York Times Falsehoods. This post was picked up directly by Powerline and many others, and indirectly by Andrew Sullivan.
Nick Queen presents Who is Fiddling While Paris Burns? Another Look at France and the Parisian Riots
Nov 3rd.
FMF at Free Money Finance presents Investing Made Easy. A simple guide to investing for the beginner.
Steve Pavlina at Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog presents Million Dollar Experiment
David Porter at Pacesetter Mortgage Blog presents Will Home Equity Prevent the Retirement Dreams of Baby Boomers?
Demosthenes presents Why isn’t Joe Wilson Being Proesecuted for Lying to Congress? In light of the recent indictment of Scooter Libby, the
pregnant pause concerning Joe Wilson is becoming unbearable: when will Joe Wilson be proscecuted for lying to Congress? The Senate Intelligence Committee found - on a bipartisan basis - the Joe Wilson’s assertions to them were false. Why the double standard about prosecutions? How about Libby could just claim whistleblower protections for exposing the unethical deal of his wife getting him a junket?
J. Fielek at Quibbles-n-Bits presents The Last Bus . 514 Words, G-Rated, an homage to a great person.
Nov. 4th
Sammler at The Stone City presents Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. The empty space between political and scientific prognostication.
CALL at The Clog Almanac presents Hey Mr. Bush Pilot. “Nose down, level the wings, accelerate.” Edgy advice on how to recover from a stall, whether you’re a pilot or the president, or both.
David Porter at Pacesetter Mortgage Blog presents How to handle a complaint with a Mortgage Lender or Mortgage Broker
Jon P at Dodgeblogium presents Time to Lighten Up
Mike at L&N Line presents TV So Far. “This is my blogmate Chris’ review of TV this season. Some people might enjoy his reviews of all the shows. I hope so. Also see all of our movie reviews, if you’d like.”
Doug Mataconis at Below The Beltway presents Let’s Treat It Like A War . Much has been written about the report in yesterday’s Washington Post about the CIA holding captured members of Al Qaeda in “secret prisons” in various Asian and Eastern European countries. Though nobody knows for sure what goes on at these prisons, the implications are clear; Al Qaeda captives are being subjected to various forms of psychological torture in an effort to extract information. This is one of the things that intelligence officers do during wartime, so it should be no surprise at all that it is happening now.
Barry Welford at The Other Bloke’s Blog presents Before-Internet and After-Internet - the millennium changes. Many things have changed tumultuously with the Internet, not least marketing. One sign is that Google may be the fourth biggest US media company in advertising revenues next year ahead of NBC Universal and Time Warner. It’s tough for CEOs to stay on top of all this.
Ironman at Political Calculations presents Coming Soon to a Gym Near You. Ironman at Political Calculations looks at some truly space-age exercise equipment that might find a place in your local gym.
Jane Dough at Boston Gal’s Open Wallet presents Wow - I guess I struck a cord with that last post… as a follow-up to her post on how much do I need for retirement.
Nov. 5th
Dan Melson at Searchlight Crusade presents Tax Treatment of Annuity Withdrawals
Nov. 6th
Jack Cluth at The People’s Republic of Seabrook presents And the knucKKKle-dragging troglodytes shall always be among us. When is denying a group it’s liberty and dignity acceptable? Texas’ Proposition 2 is not the answer.
Elisa Camahort at The Browster Blog presents The Search Conundrum: Information Glut or Insular, Limited Perspective New search tools aim to address informaiton overload, but most do so by limiting your sources. Not the ideal approach.
Don Surber at Don Surber presents A Country Not Worth Defending . I point out the problem with military recruiting is they are not allowed to recruit all youths, just us rural Southern hicks. Ask not what you can do for your country but what your country can do for you.
Suzi Chen at Special Fried Rice presents Telemarketing. Telemarketing from the other side of the phone - what a bad job will do to your soul.
Interested-Participant presents Wild Pussies Squeeze Statehouse Rats. For well over a century, Ohio’s elected lawmakers have lived in uncompromised harmony with buck-toothed, omnivorous, and disease-carrying rats. And this isn’t true outside Ohio? 
David St Lawrence at Ripples: post-corporate adventures presents Cool Hunting in C’ville. “Cool” is the wonderfully outrageous activity of using technology for purposes the designers never intended. It arouses our interest so strongly that we emulate it or tell others about it, and thereby start a trend.
Kevin Baker at The Smallest Minority presents Tough History Coming. His take on Peggy Noonan’s dystopic op-ed, “A Separate Peace” from last week.
Nov. 7th
Oddybobo at Bobo Blogger presents Flashback of childhood memories.
Marge at DubiousProfundity.com presents Creation
Elie at Elie’s Expositions presents Anguished Composure. Part 4 of my series about the loss of his son Aaron.
Wayne Hurlbert at Blog Business World presents Off Topic Searches: Low Return Visitors.
Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face presents Bird Flu Nails France: Chickens, Cartoon Characters Hardest Hit
Bussorah Merchant at Wicked Thoughts presents Deeper Thoughts. Wicked Thoughts has some deeper thoughts on the Demon Wal-Mart.
John Ray at Dissecting Leftism presents Racial Preference As An Extension Of Kin Preference. John Ray has a brief discussion of a recent academic paper showing racial preference to be related to kin preference.
Ferdinand T. Cat at Conservative Cat presents France Losing Control, Newsweek Stuck on Stupid
Nov. 8th
Big Picture Guy at Big Picture, Small Office presents We Sail in Paper Boats. It’s budget time in the Small Office. There’s a lot of sandbagging going on, but apparently little conviction and no commitment. At least not if you read the body language of Winken, Blinken and Nod.
Elisson at Blog d’Elisson presents Coinage (A Nerdic Rant). A post in which Elisson gripes about the mostly dismal state of our nation’s Circulating Coinage.
Adam at Sophistpundit presents Take them out, YOU KNOW THE REASON DAMMIT. Debate with one anti-war commentor; Dr. Zen, one-time host of a controversial installment of COTV. Remember what they say about arguing on the Internet?
Nick Schweitzer at The World According to Nick presents The Sands of Time
Mensa Barbie at Mensa Barbie Welcomes You presents Preservation Theory . Perfect etchings demonstrate a carbon theory. (Nature’s ability to secure survival.) Also, catch a Panoramic view of Evolution Lake and the Sipapu Natural bridge (in this post.)
Matt Johnston at Going to the Mat presents Myths and Misconceptions About H.R. 1606 . A bill to make political blogging less regulated dies in the House, but it not nearly as bad as the boogeymen of the reform community would have you think. Say that after you get subpoenaed by the FEC. 
Tom Bowler at Libertarian Leanings presents What exactly hath Fitzgerald wrought?. As an unintended consequence of the Fitzgerald’s indictment of Scooter Libby, the press may find itself on trial. Will we finally find out Novak’s source?
Funk Soul Bruhva at Western Resistance presents Why There Is No Islam Without The Hadiths
Charlie Quidnunc at Rip & Read Blogger Podcast presents Rip & Read #153. Get the blogosphere in your ear with Charlie Quidnunc at the Rip & Read Blogger podcast. This week he covers: #1 Smearing Wilson, #2 The Leaking Culture
Watcher at Watcher of Weasels presents Frog Flambée. Something is a little sour about taking too many shots at France over this (and I’m by no means a France fan). Sure, it took them about 2 weeks to impose a curfew but it isn’t like this kind of thing can’t happen (and hasn’t happened) here.
It Should Be Noted presents Your Move, France.
There we go, that’s the carnival. Next week it’s at The Examining Room. (insert doctor joke here).
Carnival of the Capitalists - 11/7/05
Welcome to this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists. This edition has NOT been brought to you by Insight Broadband who’s crappy cable modem was off and on all night last night. That being said, sorry for being late. Here it is…
Economics
Owen at The Sharpener presents Brand value - for whom? on the efficiency case for taxing brands and corporate advertising.
Big Picture Guy at Big Picture, Small Office presents We Sail in Paper Boats. He take you sailing through the budgeting process in the Small Office, a painful, drawn-out exercise that always begins with everyone trying to play it safe.
Michael Cale of Financial Methods presents I-Bonds Yield Higher Than Treasuries. With a current yield of more than 6.5%, inflation-protected US Savings Bonds (I-Bonds) have a higher yield than Money Markets, CDs, and US Treasuries. The rate is adjustable, so it may not last. But with short term rates returning to normal and a Fed that is diligent on inflation, cash is no longer trash.
2¢ Worth presents Climbing an Elongating Tail. The Long Tail, The Big Moo, Million Dollar Home Page and Viral marketing rolled together. Examining the progress of the Million Dollar Homepage as a Long Tail business with viral marketing pushing it up the Tail. A quote from the Big Moo triggered off this observation piece.
Steven Towns of The Japan Stock Blog presents Further Discussion on Jesper Koll’s “Japan is Back, For Real This Time”.
LC of Latent Capital presents Too Much Entrepreneurship. Imagine that entrepreneurship is just another class of investment, so too much enthusiasm for it can bring down its returns.
Mick Weinstein of The Consumer Electronics Stock Blog presents Dell Warns On 3Q05 - Reactions and Implications (DELL).
David Jackson of The Internet Stock Blog presents Priceline Discusses Its European Travel Business (PLCN 3Q05 Conf Call Quotes).
Mark of SportsBiz presents Olympic Sponsorship: What’s It Worth?. Discussion of the value of the becoming an official Olympic sponsor and whether “halo” marketing really has the desired effect of increasing sales.
Harvey Multani of Fiscal Times presents Despair on the role despair plays in investing.
Barry Welford at The Other Bloke’s Blog presents Before-Internet and After-Internet - the millennium changes
Michael H. of Chocolate and Gold Coins presents Entrepreneurs Needed. Sometimes a market waits a generation for an entrepreneur to create a new product. Pumpkin carving kits weren’t there in my childhood but they could have been.
Ferdinand T. Cat at Conservative Cat presents The Curse of Inventory Profits
Tom McMahon at Tom McMahon presents Baby Bells
David Porter at Pacesetter Mortgage Blog presents Will Home Equity Prevent the Retirement Dreams of Baby Boomers?
Henry Stern, LUTCF at InsureBlog presents On the Case… Steve Case casts his eyes on healthcare solutions.
Abnormal Returns presents Emerging markets hoopla. Emerging market equities have performed well in 2005 and have received a fair amount of good press. One common reason given for this outperformance is their higher economic growth in the emerging markets. However, academic research has shown that higher economic growth does not necessarily lead to higher equity returns.
Mastiff at Critical Mastiff presents Comparative Advantage in a Changing World. To maintain our economic preeminence in the face of rising competitors, we need to change our regulatory environment and education methods to cultivate small businesses and creativity.
Josh Cohen at Multiple Mentality presents The Future of Media: Not now, but soon!. A series of three posts that combines market forces and technological changes into a look at the future of media, including news and on-demand television. Part 2 and Part 3.
Advice
Never work alone presents Caught in the middle of wanting everything on setting goals and resolving the conflict between getting every customer and keeping every customer.
JLP of AllThingsFinancial presents Start Planning Your Taxes Now saying that Now is the time to start planning your taxes for next year. JLP’s post will help get you started.
George of Fast Pitch Financials presents 30 Days to Becoming a Better Investor - Day 5 (Economic Mental Models). It is important to develop a good set of mental models for evaluating various business scenarios. George at Fat Pitch Financials points to some excellent resources to help you develop your basic knowledge of economics.
Wayne Hurlbert of Blog Business World presents
Articles: Trading Your Way To The Top.
Joe Kristan of Roth & Company Tax Updates presents IME to Harvest the Fall Tax Deductions. By mid-November, most taxpayers can have a pretty good idea what their income will be, and we still have six weeks or so to do something about it. Where to start? Think AMT and charity.
Adrian Savage of Slow Leadership presents Dealing with Distractions. Since instantaneous contact is now expected, so are instant answers. Not only do people interrupt you on a whim, they want an answer or an opinion on the spot. This may be the new norm for the media, who have people available to “analyze” an event or a speech before the echoes have died away, but does it make sense for leaders who take their job seriously?
Deputyheadmistress at The Common Room presents Selling Books: Getting to the Post Office
Jim Logan of JSLogan presents Another Business Lesson From One Of My Kids - Daddy’s Little Girl On Training Customers. Things you do out of the norm often become expected. When you stop giving, you encounter the danger of ending something that wasn’t supposed to be a norm in the first place. Your generosity became your trap.
Ankesh Kothari of Marketing eYe presents How to Spark Sales in a Slump. The story of a person who sold 47 unsold boxer puppies during a market slump for big bux (and how you can use his ideas to increase your sales).
Jack Yoest presents Doing Business in a Values Vacuum
David Porter at Pacesetter Mortgage Blog presents How to handle a complaint with a Mortgage Lender or Mortgage Broker
David Danies of Business & Technology Reinvention presents Value Creation Principles. 10 simple value creation principles to help companies grow.
Les Jones presents Google AdSense Click Fraud and how to prevent it.
Skip Angel of Random Thoughts from a CTO presents Do you have passion for what you do?. Do you or your co-workers seem lifeless, and only go to work to pick up a paycheck? If so, chances are that you have lost (or perhaps never found) your passion. This post explores what passion is and what you need to do to find it (again).
Michael Pollock of Small Business Branding presents Are Passion and Profit Mutually Exclusive?. The are two schools of thought when it comes to the idea of monetizing your blog. One says that blogs are about passion rather than profit. The other school says blogs represent a premier business model that marries the two. Be careful which philosophy you adopt for yourself.
Jeff Cornwall of The Entrepreneurial Mind presents To Partner, or Not to Partner?. Entrepreneurs often approach the issue of entering into a business partnership much too casually. This post explores the “Why?”, “What?”, “How?”, and “Who?” issues for building a new venture team.
Jane Dough of Boston Gal’s Open Wallet asks “I need HOW MUCH for retirement?” It may not be as bad as her crystal ball is telling her…
FMF at Free Money Finance presents Tough Financial Choices, Part 1: Investing versus Paying Off Debt. Start of a series that compares and contrasts two competing financial choices.
Lucy MacDonald at R.E.A.L. Marketing presents Niche Marketing: The Little Black Dress Example.
Triple Pundit presents Going Green in Business Without Scaring Off the Customer. One of the problems with “green marketing” is that, ironically, appearing “too green” can scare away a sizable segment of the market. Beauty Engineered Forever is a brand of safe, effective
cleaning products that manages to send a pro-environmental message without being heavy handed, or looking like a bunch of hippies.
Rosanna at The Virtual Assistant Connection presents Building Your Professional Network
The Consumer
Mike Pechar of Interested Participant pesents recalled Consumer Products. Without any fanfare, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced a record number of product recalls for the fiscal year 2005. In protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from consumer products that cost the nation more than $700 billion annually, the CPSC recalled 397 products in 2005.
Dan Melson at Searchlight Crusade presents The Ultimate Consumer Horror Story
Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture presents
DRM Crippled CD: A bizarre tale in 4 parts.
Steven Silvers of Scatterbox presents Wal-Mart uses political campaign tactics to win consumers. Or not.. Concerned that increasingly well-organized critics are ruining its chances with middle-income shoppers, Wal-Mart has created a “rapid response public relations” war room lead by Ronald Regan spinmiester Michael Dever and staffed by political campaign veterans from both parties. But consumers aren’t voters. And the typically aggressive, discredit-the-opposition political strategies being used by Wal-Mart’s new PR war room may in fact be contrary to what is still a consumer marketing agenda.
Ironman of Political Calculations presents Boarding Ahead of the Rest. Ironman at Political Calculations spotlights an entrepreneur who has found a market in helping Southwest Airlines’ passengers score the carrier’s coveted ‘A’ boarding passes.
Yvonne DiVita of Lip-sticking presents Jane Wears Herself Out. Jane talks about being a girl…and how the customer is always right still works.
Politics
Warren Meyer of Coyote Blog presents Politicians and Prioritization. If managers at corporations prioritized spending like politicians, they would be fired.
Mike Landfair of Mover Mike presents What is the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act, H.R. 4155?. “The Family Research Council (FRC) is opposed to tax breaks to the gaming industry to help them get back on their feet after the damage of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.”
Brandon Berg of Catallarchy presents At Least Take off Your Nobel Prize When You Say That. Brandon Berg of Catallarchy asks Joseph Stiglitz to at least take off his Nobel Prize when criticizing the strawman of “perfect market economist”.
James Hamilton of