It’s no surprise when American bishops talk about canonizing Dorothy Day as a saint, as they’ve done in recent years. For me, her life embodies the heart of Christianity because of the way she constantly tried to translate her faith into good works. She never stopped striving to make a difference in the lives of…Read More

I’m always on the lookout for little green shoots of sanity in the world of business. In a realm largely devoted to enriching its investors and top executives, occasionally a business — even one with a household name — will do the right thing. Few public companies now take all stakeholders into consideration when they…Read More

In Jay Parini’s new book, Jesus, the Human Face of God, he retells the story of Jesus, interpreting it as both a literal story and a mythos: A universal map that offers a way to understand the meaning of life and death. This might sound like a daunting read, but it isn’t. Jesus comes alive, as…Read More

Not long ago, we attended a conference of top business school educators at Hunter College, hosted by the Aspen Institute, about the recent unethical banking practices related to the LIBOR in 2007-2008. The first session was moderated by Clayton Rose, of the Harvard Business School and he presented nothing new here, in terms of the facts: it’s…Read More

When Russia moved into Crimea, it brought back memories of how the Soviets infiltrated and took over my homeland when I was growing up next door to Ukraine. I’ve been pondering whether it was optimism or hope that kept me alive when I was a child laboring in a communist work camp in Romania. It might have…Read More