E. Y. Mullins and Baptist World Congresses.
E. Y. Mullins exerted a powerful impact on global Baptist thought between 1905 and 1928. Excelling as a teaching, writing, and speaking Baptist theologian, he prepared some of his best addresses for the first four Baptist World Congress meetings held in London in 1905, in Philadelphia in 1911, in...

New measures needed to stamp out U.S. smoking rates, IoM report says.
Higher taxes, federal regulatory control and marketing restrictions are needed to reduce smoking in the United States, according to a new Institute of Medicine report, which came out amid several recent actions related to the fight against one of the world's leading killers. The report, released in...

Let's all give money to the rich man! Billionaire sports team owners and their corporate welfare scam.
THE "KINGDOME'" WAS A CONCRETE EYESORE THAT SERVED AS HOME FOR SEATTLE'S PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL. WOW! NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN IMPLOSION! BACKIN 1976, THE N.F.L. DECREED THE ONLY WAY THE CITY COULD, "WIN" AN EXPANSION FRANCHISE OR HOST A SUPERBOWL (HA!) WAS...

Government affairs.
As I write this report, the first session of the 105th Tennessee General Assembly should come to an end shortly, and plenty of issues are still on the table for consideration. Debates are ongoing as legislators address the proposed increase in the cigarette tax, how to spend surplus monies,...

VENEZUELA: PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ INTRODUCES ECONOMIC CHANGES.
On Feb. 12, the second day of the national pre-Lenten carnival holiday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez surprised supporters and opponents by announcing new economic measures that included allowing the national currency, the bolivar, to float. The plan, effective the following day, also included a tax hike and a cut...

Time and money: the far-reaching fiscal impact of demographic change in Canada.
In this issue ... The interaction of demographic change with Canada's health, education, seniors' and children's programs creates a net liability of more than $300 billion for Canadian governments, with the provinces carrying the heavier load. The Study in Brief The changing age-profile...

What will keep the lights on in Ontario: responses to a policy short-circuit.
Ontario must develop a politically acceptable and economically feasible framework for the future evolution of its electricity market. And it must do it now. Competing in a global economy requires that Ontario possess a reliable and competitively priced electricity system. To bring long-term stability to that system, Ontario consumers...

Social Security's solution: America's greatness lies in limited government and free enterprise. The alternative to Social Security--and the key to a new era of prosperity--is to return to these roots.
Just as Otto von Bismarck advised for Germany, our own Social Security program has fostered a widespread dependence on government. The program has also added an increasingly severe burden on taxpayers and walked roughshod over the U.S. Constitution. Yet its highly touted benefits deliver less than a bare subsistence...

Executive report: national and state association executives sound off on the transportation funding debate. (Special Report).
State association executives across the United States are less than enthusiastic about President Bush's $247 billion proposal to fund the federal transportation program over the next six years. Touted by the administration as a prudent replacement for TEA-21 funding legislation, which expires in the fall, the package would be...

A simple solution to China's pension crisis.
The reform of China's social security system is a critical component of China's overall economic reform. There are many problems and challenges in the current Chinese pension system. China is experiencing a rapidly aging population. The one-child policy and significant improvement in living standards make China's aging problem more...