Saturday Potpourri

Two sets of randomness today:

First, this past week in Peace Colloquium, we were introduced to the following resources:

• Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century (Jonathan Zimmerman, 2008)
• Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty (Roger Thurow & Scott Kilman, 2009)
• Famine: A Short History (Cormac Ó Gráda, 2009)
• Ending Africa's Hunger (Raj Patel, Eric Holt-Gimenez & Annie Shattuck, The Nation, 21 Sep 09)
• Naomi Klein in Conversation With Michael Moore (The Nation, 23 Sep 09)
• Cornucopia Blues (Brent Cunningham, The Nation, 21 Sep 09)

Second, these random articles interest me:

• Web Roundup (Adventist Activism, 8 Oct 09)
• Monday Potpourri (Pack Light, 5 Oct 09)
  
• Two Voices on Michael Moore's "Capitalism" (Jared Wright, Spectrum, 9 Oct 09)
• Repent! For the Kingdom of God is Near (Sarah Lynne, Jesus Manifesto, 9 Oct 09)
• The Death of Progress (Joshua Dbau III, Jesus Manifesto, 6 Oct 09)
• Greed, America, and the Rich Young Ruler (Mark Van Steenwyk, Jesus Manifesto, 6 Oct 09)
• Adventures in seeking God’s love and justice (smh00a, Jesus Manifesto, 25 Sep 09)
• Tables scraps or the One Whole Loaf (Loren McGrail, Jesus Manifesto, 7 Sep 09)
• The Health Care Question (Travis Mamone, Jesus Manifesto, 7 Sep 09)
• 911 Campaign: Lament Violence, Invest in Peace (Shane Claiborne & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Jesus Manifesto, 27 Aug 09)
• Critics on Our Left, Meet the Critics on Our Right (Ryan Rodrick Beiler, Sojourners, 9 Oct 09)
• Video: Colbert on Conservapedia’s Bible Translation Project (Ryan Rodrick Beiler, Sojourners, 9 Oct 09)
• A Faith Declaration for Health-Care Reform (Jim Wallis, Sojourners, 8 Oct 09)
• Scripture and History Remind Us That We Are All Immigrants (Lynne Hybels, Sojourners, 8 Oct 09)
• Smashing Economic Idols (Julie Clawson, Sojourners, 8 Oct 09)
• David vs. Oil-iath (Elizabeth Palmberg, Sojourners, 6 Oct 09)
• Listening to Poor People ‘Offstage’ (Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Sojourners, 5 Oct 09)
• Five Benefits of Common Security Clubs’ Economic Solidarity (Chuck Collins, Sojourners, 2 Oct 09)
• Singing and Praying Justice, Part 2 (Jeremy Del Rio & Louis Carlo, Sojourners, 2 Oct 09)
• Proclaiming Jubilee in the Midst of Foreclosures (Mark Van Steenwyk, Sojourners, 28 Sep 09)
• “In the world…” (Robert Martin, Young Anabaptist Radicals, 5 Oct 09)