Thursday's News & Ideas
Profit `Not satanic,’ Barclays says, after Goldman invokes Jesus
Bloomberg.com: Barclays CEO John Varley stood at the wooden lectern in St. Martin-in-the- Fields on London’s Trafalgar Square last night and told the packed pews of the church that “profit is not satanic.”
Beautiful dreamers: A documentary asks “What is God”?
Religion Dispatches: Peter Rodger traveled through 23 countries in three years asking the same question to everyone he met, and filming the results. Turns out the question -- “What is God?” -- reveals more than a person’s faith.
Spreading gospel on cable pays off
Boston Globe: Charley Humbard, the son of one of America’s early televangelists, left his career at the Discovery Channel to launch the Gospel Music Channel, which since 2004 has been the fastest-growing cable channel, now with 46.7 million subscribers.
How to write a mission statement that isn't dumb
Fast Company: Mission statements often read like jargony quasi-poetry. But they don’t have to be dumb, writes Nancy Lublin. Good mission statements do something crucial: They quantify the goal.
Court rules against crucifixes in Italy's schools
Wall Street Journal: A European court ruled that the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and educational rights outlined in a 1950 human-rights treaty, in a decision likely to reignite debate over how far countries can go to preserve signs of their Christian history in the public arena.
The Spark
Use your illusion
Among the CIA's many tricks during the Cold War, it turns out, was some actual magic. A now-declassified manual by magician John Mulholland taught American spies the arts of deceit. The Boston Globe shows magic tricks for spies.
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