Excerpts from GivesMeHope.com

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The other day, I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things. While walking through the parking lot, I noticed a man stand on his shopping cart, and give a few pushes before jumping on. He…

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Some Generous Thoughts on Greed

First Person

Last in a series of reflections on the seven deadly sins   The good Anglo-Saxon word “greed” was almost a synonym for hunger when it was first used. By extension, it became a word that described…

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Reflections on Rankings

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In the early evening of March 4, 2010, I was at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. The annual undergraduate BusinessWeek (now Bloomberg Businessweek) rankings were being released on the…

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