Penny Justice http://pennyjustice.com/index.atom http://pennyjustice.com/index.atom Copyright 2008, 2009 Bill Powell PyBlosxom http://pyblosxom.sourceforge.net/ 1.4.3 01/10/2008 2010-09-18T20:00:23Z Key Texts for Social Justice http://pennyjustice.com/2010/09/18/texts 2010-09-18T20:00:23Z 2010-09-18T20:00:23Z <p><span class="blurb"> Links to the Vatican translations of the social encyclicals and major modern Church documents on social justice, all on one page. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/texts">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Chesterton: A real vote or a lord's jest? http://pennyjustice.com/2008/09/20/vote-slave-choice 2008-09-20T12:28:16Z 2008-09-20T12:28:16Z <p><span class="blurb"> The democracy has a right to answer questions, but it has no right to ask them. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/vote-slave-choice">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Chesterton: Pacifism and the Right Kind of War http://pennyjustice.com/2008/07/29/gkc-pacifism-right-war 2008-07-29T16:10:23Z 2008-07-29T16:10:23Z <p><span class="blurb"> ...he defends the only sort of war I thoroughly despise, the bullying of small states for their oil or gold; and he despises the only sort of war that I really defend, a war of civilisations and religions, to determine the moral destiny of mankind. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/gkc-pacifism-right-war">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Chesterton: On Fighting from Fear and Patriotic Criticism http://pennyjustice.com/2008/07/08/gkc-fighting-from-fear 2008-07-08T20:46:33Z 2008-07-08T20:46:33Z <p><span class="blurb"> The atmospheric ugliness that surrounds our scientific war is an emanation from that evil panic which is at the heart of it. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/gkc-fighting-from-fear">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Changelog http://pennyjustice.com/2008/06/07/changelog 2008-06-07T16:58:00Z 2008-06-07T16:58:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> As you can see, I've changed the site a bit! </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/changelog">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Current Backmatter for Penny Justice http://pennyjustice.com/2008/06/07/backmatter 2008-06-07T16:57:59Z 2008-06-07T16:57:59Z <p><span class="blurb"> Revised 2008 Jun 07, 12:57 Sat </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/backmatter">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Distributism Defined http://pennyjustice.com/2008/06/06/dtbm-defined 2008-06-07T03:30:00Z 2008-06-07T03:30:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> How did the Distributist League define "Distributism"? </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/dtbm-defined">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Reprint Information http://pennyjustice.com/2008/06/06/reprints 2008-06-07T01:27:00Z 2008-06-07T01:27:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> Information on how to share what you read in Penny Justice. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/reprints">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Pius XII: Avoiding the Twin Rocks of Shipwreck http://pennyjustice.com/2008/06/06/09 2008-06-06T16:00:00Z 2008-06-06T16:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> Accordingly, twin rocks of shipwreck must be carefully avoided. For, as one is wrecked upon, or comes close to, what is known as "individualism" by denying or minimizing the social and public character of the right of property, so by rejecting or minimizing the private and individual character of this same right, one inevitably runs into "collectivism" or at least closely approaches its tenets. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/09">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Poor People Have No Business Starting a Business (Right?) http://pennyjustice.com/2008/05/21/08 2008-05-21T16:00:00Z 2008-05-21T16:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> New business owners "experience considerably greater pride and happiness in their work." But they would make more money if they worked in a factory. What are they <em>thinking</em>? </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/08">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Let's Print Our Own Money http://pennyjustice.com/2008/04/28/07 2008-04-28T16:00:00Z 2008-04-28T16:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> Did you know it's legal to print your own money? You can't print money that looks like <em>government </em>money, of course, but as long as it looks different, you're clear. Why would anyone do this? Just ask the hundreds of communites all over the world that print their own <em>local currency.</em> </p> <p> At first sight, local currencies are just plain fun. Anyone that's ever played <em>Monopoly </em>remembers the thrill of handling those colorful little dollars. Imagine being able to make your own money! Now you find that grownups are actually doing just that. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/07">more &raquo;</a></span></p> If Cars Ran on Grass (part 2) http://pennyjustice.com/2008/03/31/06 2008-03-31T16:00:00Z 2008-03-31T16:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> The human body at walking speed is really quite different from the human body at thirty or sixty miles an hour, encased in two tons of steel. You can't <em>interact</em> with people driving in cars. Drivers aren't even supposed to interact all that much with their passengers. (I'm one of those annoying shotgun riders who steadfastly ignores driver eye contact. We're in a careening transport pod, and one of us, in theory, is steering.) </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/06">more &raquo;</a></span></p> If Cars Ran on Grass (part 1) http://pennyjustice.com/2008/03/07/05 2008-03-07T17:00:00Z 2008-03-07T17:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> The most obvious problem with cars is that they kill people. Somehow, we've accepted this as a fact of life, but let's look at the actual death toll. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/05">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Building Catholic Communities: New Lecture Series http://pennyjustice.com/2008/03/07/bcc-lectures 2008-03-07T16:12:00Z 2008-03-07T16:12:00Z <p> Apologies for the long absence. I've been moving, but now I'm settled in and ready to get back to work. </p> <p> I've just found out about a new group, <a href="http://buildingcatholiccommunities.org/">Building Catholic Communities</a>, that's put together an exciting <a href="http://buildingcatholiccommunities.org/main.cfm?r1=4.00&ID=19&level=1">lecture series</a> in Washington D.C. The series began February 11, but it's running until April 30, so if you're anywhere near D.C., check it out. </p> <p> Topics range from John Sharpe of IHS Press on <q>Our Birthright of Responsibility: Real Property and its Restoration Today</q> to Milton Grenfell on <q>Beguinage: Cohousing in Medieval Flanders</q>. </p> Greening the Desert http://pennyjustice.com/2008/01/28/greening-desert 2008-01-28T17:46:00Z 2008-01-28T17:46:00Z <p><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sohI6vnWZmk&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sohI6vnWZmk&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p> <p> <em>Click the arrow in the middle of the screen to begin.</em> </p> <p> This is why I like permaculture. </p> <p> Here are the <a href="http://permaculture.org.au/?p=230">people</a> who produced this video. And here's a <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s727970.htm">transcript</a>. </p> On the Word "Distributism" http://pennyjustice.com/2008/01/26/04 2008-01-26T17:00:00Z 2008-01-26T17:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> People sometimes say that if Distributism has so much in common with Catholic social teaching, why don't any encyclicals mention it? It's true. They don't. But they do mention another word: <em>distributive</em>, as in: <em>distributive justice</em>. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/04">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Relocalization in Tompkins County, NY http://pennyjustice.com/2008/01/12/tompkins-relocalization 2008-01-13T01:21:00Z 2008-01-13T01:21:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> Surely you've heard of peak oil. In the next couple of years (or maybe yesterday), we will <q>peak</q> in our global production of oil. Oil will get more and more expensive as it it becomes more and more apparent that there's less and less left. It doesn't take much imagination to see how gas at 30 bucks a gallon might make life tricky. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/tompkins-relocalization">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Local Food Is Easier Than You Think: Farmers' Markets and CSAs http://pennyjustice.com/2008/01/12/03 2008-01-12T17:00:00Z 2008-01-12T17:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> Imagine getting a full bin of fresh fruits and vegetables every week, all summer long. </p> <p> The freshest possible carrots, of course, are yanked from your own garden. I do think everyone who can move ought to have a garden, but that's not the same as gardening _all_ your own produce. We don't all have the land, skills, or desire for that little project. (Yet.) So how can we get fresh produce if we don't grow our own? </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/03">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Our Peculiar Light http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/26/02 2007-12-26T17:00:00Z 2007-12-26T17:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> But we have a peculiar light: our tremendous power of choice. When Elizabethan England began to import sugar and rum from the new tropical plantations, did everyone know these new products were made by slaves? Perhaps. But normal people had pretty much one option: don't buy them. They couldn't hop on the Internet and order from a worker-owned sugar co-op. Nor could they research a mountain of medical evidence and find out _on their own_ that the new corporate products happened to be refined to the point of poison anyhow. </p> <p> We can. You can. On this very screen you're staring at. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/02">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Watch those last-minute ornaments. http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/24/last-minute-ornaments 2007-12-24T17:04:00Z 2007-12-24T17:04:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> <a href="http://www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=500"><img class="alignleft" src="/child_worker022.jpg" alt="[Making Christmas Ornaments for Wal-Mart]"></a> Heading out for last-minute Christmas gifts? Me too. But if you're in the market for Christmas ornaments, and you're eyeing those cheap MADE IN CHINA specials, think again. <br clear="both"> </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/last-minute-ornaments">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Contact Penny Justice http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/12/contact 2007-12-12T14:30:00Z 2007-12-12T14:30:00Z <p>You can email me any time:</p> <p><a href="mailto:editor@pennyjustice.com">editor@pennyjustice.com</a></p> <p>Or, if you prefer writing:</p> <p> Bill Powell <br>PO Box 594 <br>Lafayette, IN <br>47901 </p> <p>I love hearing what folks think, so don't be bashful. I'll assume your comments are _private_, unless you let me know you'd like me to share them. Thanks!</p> Grocery Store Wars: The Organic Rebellion http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/12/grocery-store-wars 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z <p> <a href="http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html"><img class="alignleft" src="/store_wars_poster_rgb.jpg" alt="[Grocery Store Wars: The Organic Rebellion]"></a> If you only watch one <em>Star Wars</em> parody this week, make it <a href="http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html">this one</a>. You'll never see factory farm eggs the same way again. </p> <div class="note"> <p> If Flash is a problem, you can download the movie directly: </p> <p>Quicktime: <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/StoreWars/sw_3M.mov">Small (3MB)</a> | <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/StoreWars/sw_8M.mov">Large (8MB)</a> </p> <p>Windows Media Player: <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/StoreWars/sw_5M.mov">Small (5MB)</a> | <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/StoreWars/sw_8M.wmv">Large (8MB)</a></p> </div> Subscribe (or Unsubscribe) to Penny Justice! http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/12/subscribe 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> Manage your subscription to Penny Justice. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/subscribe">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Unsubscribing from <em>Penny Justice</em> http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/12/unsubscribe-thanks 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> Step 2 of unsubscribing from Penny Justice. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/unsubscribe-thanks">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Thanks for joining <em>Penny Justice</em>! http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/12/subscribe-thanks 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> Step 2 of subscribing to Penny Justice. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/subscribe-thanks">more &raquo;</a></span></p> About Penny Justice http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/12/about 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z 2007-12-12T14:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> <em>Penny Justice</em> is a free bimonthly ezine featuring thoughts, news, resources, and concrete ideas on how to live justice right now, one penny and one moment at a time. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/about">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Changing the Structure http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/12/01 2007-12-12T13:00:00Z 2007-12-12T13:00:00Z <p><span class="blurb"> We don't control great fortunes, but we do control our pennies. We don't control our years, but we do control this moment. Billionare or beggar, we live one instant at a time. </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="readmore"><a href="http://pennyjustice.com/01/01">more &raquo;</a></span></p> Welcome to Penny Justice! http://pennyjustice.com/2007/12/12/welcome-penny-justice 2007-12-12T12:00:00Z 2007-12-12T12:00:00Z <p> Welcome to Penny Justice, a new bimonthly ezine featuring thoughts, news, resources, and concrete ideas on how to live justice in your real life, not some alternate universe where you transmogrify into Mother Teresa. In the feature article of our <a href="/ezine/01/01/">first issue</a>, you'll hear our simple (but not easy!) strategy on how to turn our ordinary lives into successful struggles for justice. </p> <p> If you're in a hurry, here's an even quicker introduction to what we're <a href="/about">about</a>. And if you like what you see, you're welcome to <a href="/subscribe">subscribe</a>. Thanks for taking a look! </p> <p> Bill Powell, Editor <br><a href="mailto:editor@pennyjustice.com">editor@pennyjustice.com</a> </p>