All Posts Tagged With: "volunteerism"
If You Really Love Volunteers, Mr. Obama . . .
Barack Obama gave volunteerism a big boost early this year, visiting service centers on Martin Luther King Day, greeting volunteers, and working alongside them. “Everybody’s got to be involved,” he said. “If we’re waiting for somebody else to do something, it never gets done. We’re going to have to take responsibility, all of us.” These [...]
23Sep2009 | James L. Payne | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Shortcomings of Government Charity
Jude Blanchette is a freelance writer living in China. In their book, Myths of Rich and Poor, W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm observe, “Some part of human nature connects with the apocalyptic. Time and again, the pessimists among us have envisioned the world going straight to hell.” To be sure, “pessimists” apparently run most [...]
1May2007 | Jude Blanchette | 4 comments | ContinuedService Without a Smile
Stop the presses! Here’s a news flash that will send shock waves through the country: school-based compulsory community service doesn’t engender the spirit of giving. Imagine that! When students are forced to be compassionate volunteers, they rebel and find ways to get around the system. Who’d have believed it? In a recent article in the [...]
1Nov1998 | Sheldon Richman | 2 comments | ContinuedIn Service of a Boondoggle
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology (Transaction). Service has a long and venerable history in America. And so it continues today. Three-quarters of American households give to charity. An [...]
1Sep1996 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | Continued-
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