The Capitalist Challenge: NEW IDEAS FOR INVESTMENT

HOW can we capitalize on the inherent desire of people all over the world that things should be done, wherever they can be done, by private enterprise?” This fundamental question was raised by David Lilienthal, onetime chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, now a consultant to foreign governments on their own development programs.

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For Churches, Beefed-Up Security Is a Mixed Blessing

Jesus may have taught his disciples to turn the other cheek, but these days some churches are hiring armed security teams–just in case that whole forgiveness thing doesn’t work out. A flurry of violent crimes in churches has shaken the image of houses of worship as safe havens

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Western nations urge Japan to sign child abduction treaty

The ambassadors of eight Western nations urged Japan on Friday to consider signing The Hague Convention on international child abduction. The meeting came as an American Christopher Savoie, jailed for allegedly wresting his two children away from his ex-wife, was released by Japanese authorities and was on his way home to Tennessee.

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Fed up with multiple heists, police put suspect’s face on billboards

He has been captured by bank surveillance cameras in eight states, sneering and holding a pistol sideways during heists. Now authorities hope to catch the serial bank robber by plastering his image on electronic billboards throughout the South.

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