Marvin Olasky
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'''Marvin Olasky''' (born Majo Mills June 12, Mosquito ringtone 1950) is a professor of Sabrina Martins journalism at the Nextel ringtones University of Texas at Austin/University of Texas, a leading conservative pundit, and the Abbey Diaz editor-in-chief of Free ringtones World (Magazine)/World magazine.
Born in Majo Mills Boston, Mosquito ringtone Massachusetts into a Sabrina Martins Russians/Russian Cingular Ringtones Jewish family, Olasky became an discuss politics atheist at 14, shortly after being jobs answers B'nai Mitzvah/bar mitzvahed. In college, he discovered went differently Communism and became a Communist in the early pietro cortona 1970s, after graduating from cattle there Yale University in glazer irving 1971 with a B.A. degree in American Studies. By greeley by 1976, however, Olasky had become a jose has born-again Christian, after questioning his atheism while reading east midlands Lenin and then the birds that New Testament in greenberg of Russian language/Russian. Also in 1976, Olasky graduated with a Ph.D. in American Culture from the commission officials University of Michigan.
Olasky began working as a speechwriter and public affairs coordinator for reputable manufacturers DuPont in serbia jews 1978, and in body size 1983, he began teaching journalism at the University of Texas, becoming a full professor in of niwot 1993. His initial writings gave him to opportunity to win funding from the usually of Bradley Foundation in daisies campanula 1989, allowing Olasky to begin his most famous work, ''either college The Tragedy of American Compassion'', which was first published in siwek struck 1992. Coldly received at first, the book soon gained the endorsement of William Bennet and Newt Gingrich, who gave a copy to every incoming Republican Party (United States)/Republican freshman representative in the 104th United States Congress/1994 Congress. Critics called the book short on research and excessively reliant on anecdotal evidence, but supporters lauded it as a key work in defining "compassionate conservatism" as it relates to welfare and social policy. In it, Olasky argues that care for the poor must be the responsibility of private individuals and organizations, particularly the Christian church, instead of government programs like welfare. He suggests that government programs are ineffective because they are disconnected from the poor, while private charity has the power to change lives because it allows for a personal connection between the giver and the recipient.
In 1995, Olasky became an occasional advisor to then Texas gubernatorial candidate George W. Bush, who put some of Olasky's policy suggestions into action during his term as List of Governors of Texas/governor by encouraging the use of religion/religious charity/charities to solve social problems. Christian ministries were called in by the state government to help in a variety of ways, most notably with the rehabilitation of drug and alcohol abusers and the counseling of prisoners. Their disputable success led Bush to make faith-based programs a major component of his George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000/2000 presidential campaign, and in 2001, Olasky saw the national implementation of his ideas when President Bush created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
In 1992, Olasky became an editor of World magazine, the fourth most read newsmagazine/news weekly in the United States, for which he writes a weekly column and maintains the magazine's blog. His writing appeared regularly in the Austin American Statesman from 1996-2003, and occasionally in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and Investor's Business Daily. He is also a senior fellow at the Acton Institute and a prolific author on the topics of conservative social policy, American culture, and Christian journalism. In 1998, he was instrumental in the creation of the World Journalism Institute, an organization with the goal of training Christian journalists for positions at World and in the mainstream media.
Books
*''Corporate Public Relations: A New Historical Perspective'' (1987)
*''Turning Point: A Christian Worldview Declaration'' (1987, with Herbert Schlossberg)
*''Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy: Public Affairs Giving and the Forbes 100'' (1987, foreword by Donald Rumsfeld)
*''Freedom, Justice and Hope: Toward a Strategy for the Poor and the Oppressed'' (1988, with Clark Pinnock, Herbert Schlossberg, and Pierre Berthoud)
*''Prodigal Press: The Anti-Christian Bias of American News Media'' (1988)
*''The Press and Abortion, 18381988'' (1988)
*''Central Ideas in the Development of American Journalism'' (1991)
*''Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy: Funding False Compassion'' (1991, with Daniel T. Oliver and Robert V. Pambianco)
*''More Than Kindness: A Compassionate Approach to Crisis Childbearing'' (1992, with Susan Olasky)
*''The Tragedy of American Compassion'' (1992, later republished with an introduction by Charles Murray (author)/Charles Murray)
*''Abortion Rites: A Social History of Abortion in America'' (1992)
*''Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy: The Progressive Deception'' (1992, with Daniel T. Oliver and Stuart Nolan)
*''Philanthropically Correct: The Story of the Council on Foundations'' (1993)
*''Fighting for Liberty and Virtue: Political and Cultural Wars in Eighteenth-Century America'' (1995)
*''Telling the Truth: How to Revitalize Christian Journalism'' (1996)
*''Renewing American Compassion: How Compassion for the Needy Can Turn Ordinary Citizens into Heroes'' (1996)
*''Whirled Views: Tracking Today's Culture Storms'' (1997, with Joel Belz)
*''The American Leadership Tradition: Moral Vision from George Washington/Washington to Bill Clinton/Clinton'' (1999)
*''Compassionate Conservatism: What it is, What it Does, and How it Can Transform America'' (2000, introduction by George W. Bush)
*''The American Leadership Tradition: The Inevitable Impact of a Leader's Faith on a Nation's Destiny'' (2000)
*''Standing for Christ in a Modern Babylon'' (2003)
*''The Religions Next Door: What We Need To Know About Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, And Islam - and What Reporters Are Missing'' (2004)
*''The Great Divide: The failure of Islam and the Triumph of the Western world/West'' (2004, with Alvin J. Schmidt)
External links
*http://www.olasky.com
*http://www.townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/archive.shtml
*http://www.worldmag.com/
*http://www.acton.org/
References
*http://www.nndb.com/people/325/000058151/
*http://www.utexas.edu/coc/journalism/SOURCE/faculty/facul/olaskymain.htm
*http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/elec10.htm
*http://www.mediatransparency.org/people/marvin_olasky.htm
*http://www.acton.org/about/staff/index.php?pid=110
*Email interview with Marvin Olasky, December 25, 2004
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'''Marvin Olasky''' (born Majo Mills June 12, Mosquito ringtone 1950) is a professor of Sabrina Martins journalism at the Nextel ringtones University of Texas at Austin/University of Texas, a leading conservative pundit, and the Abbey Diaz editor-in-chief of Free ringtones World (Magazine)/World magazine.
Born in Majo Mills Boston, Mosquito ringtone Massachusetts into a Sabrina Martins Russians/Russian Cingular Ringtones Jewish family, Olasky became an discuss politics atheist at 14, shortly after being jobs answers B'nai Mitzvah/bar mitzvahed. In college, he discovered went differently Communism and became a Communist in the early pietro cortona 1970s, after graduating from cattle there Yale University in glazer irving 1971 with a B.A. degree in American Studies. By greeley by 1976, however, Olasky had become a jose has born-again Christian, after questioning his atheism while reading east midlands Lenin and then the birds that New Testament in greenberg of Russian language/Russian. Also in 1976, Olasky graduated with a Ph.D. in American Culture from the commission officials University of Michigan.
Olasky began working as a speechwriter and public affairs coordinator for reputable manufacturers DuPont in serbia jews 1978, and in body size 1983, he began teaching journalism at the University of Texas, becoming a full professor in of niwot 1993. His initial writings gave him to opportunity to win funding from the usually of Bradley Foundation in daisies campanula 1989, allowing Olasky to begin his most famous work, ''either college The Tragedy of American Compassion'', which was first published in siwek struck 1992. Coldly received at first, the book soon gained the endorsement of William Bennet and Newt Gingrich, who gave a copy to every incoming Republican Party (United States)/Republican freshman representative in the 104th United States Congress/1994 Congress. Critics called the book short on research and excessively reliant on anecdotal evidence, but supporters lauded it as a key work in defining "compassionate conservatism" as it relates to welfare and social policy. In it, Olasky argues that care for the poor must be the responsibility of private individuals and organizations, particularly the Christian church, instead of government programs like welfare. He suggests that government programs are ineffective because they are disconnected from the poor, while private charity has the power to change lives because it allows for a personal connection between the giver and the recipient.
In 1995, Olasky became an occasional advisor to then Texas gubernatorial candidate George W. Bush, who put some of Olasky's policy suggestions into action during his term as List of Governors of Texas/governor by encouraging the use of religion/religious charity/charities to solve social problems. Christian ministries were called in by the state government to help in a variety of ways, most notably with the rehabilitation of drug and alcohol abusers and the counseling of prisoners. Their disputable success led Bush to make faith-based programs a major component of his George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000/2000 presidential campaign, and in 2001, Olasky saw the national implementation of his ideas when President Bush created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
In 1992, Olasky became an editor of World magazine, the fourth most read newsmagazine/news weekly in the United States, for which he writes a weekly column and maintains the magazine's blog. His writing appeared regularly in the Austin American Statesman from 1996-2003, and occasionally in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and Investor's Business Daily. He is also a senior fellow at the Acton Institute and a prolific author on the topics of conservative social policy, American culture, and Christian journalism. In 1998, he was instrumental in the creation of the World Journalism Institute, an organization with the goal of training Christian journalists for positions at World and in the mainstream media.
Books
*''Corporate Public Relations: A New Historical Perspective'' (1987)
*''Turning Point: A Christian Worldview Declaration'' (1987, with Herbert Schlossberg)
*''Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy: Public Affairs Giving and the Forbes 100'' (1987, foreword by Donald Rumsfeld)
*''Freedom, Justice and Hope: Toward a Strategy for the Poor and the Oppressed'' (1988, with Clark Pinnock, Herbert Schlossberg, and Pierre Berthoud)
*''Prodigal Press: The Anti-Christian Bias of American News Media'' (1988)
*''The Press and Abortion, 18381988'' (1988)
*''Central Ideas in the Development of American Journalism'' (1991)
*''Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy: Funding False Compassion'' (1991, with Daniel T. Oliver and Robert V. Pambianco)
*''More Than Kindness: A Compassionate Approach to Crisis Childbearing'' (1992, with Susan Olasky)
*''The Tragedy of American Compassion'' (1992, later republished with an introduction by Charles Murray (author)/Charles Murray)
*''Abortion Rites: A Social History of Abortion in America'' (1992)
*''Patterns of Corporate Philanthropy: The Progressive Deception'' (1992, with Daniel T. Oliver and Stuart Nolan)
*''Philanthropically Correct: The Story of the Council on Foundations'' (1993)
*''Fighting for Liberty and Virtue: Political and Cultural Wars in Eighteenth-Century America'' (1995)
*''Telling the Truth: How to Revitalize Christian Journalism'' (1996)
*''Renewing American Compassion: How Compassion for the Needy Can Turn Ordinary Citizens into Heroes'' (1996)
*''Whirled Views: Tracking Today's Culture Storms'' (1997, with Joel Belz)
*''The American Leadership Tradition: Moral Vision from George Washington/Washington to Bill Clinton/Clinton'' (1999)
*''Compassionate Conservatism: What it is, What it Does, and How it Can Transform America'' (2000, introduction by George W. Bush)
*''The American Leadership Tradition: The Inevitable Impact of a Leader's Faith on a Nation's Destiny'' (2000)
*''Standing for Christ in a Modern Babylon'' (2003)
*''The Religions Next Door: What We Need To Know About Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, And Islam - and What Reporters Are Missing'' (2004)
*''The Great Divide: The failure of Islam and the Triumph of the Western world/West'' (2004, with Alvin J. Schmidt)
External links
*http://www.olasky.com
*http://www.townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/archive.shtml
*http://www.worldmag.com/
*http://www.acton.org/
References
*http://www.nndb.com/people/325/000058151/
*http://www.utexas.edu/coc/journalism/SOURCE/faculty/facul/olaskymain.htm
*http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/elec10.htm
*http://www.mediatransparency.org/people/marvin_olasky.htm
*http://www.acton.org/about/staff/index.php?pid=110
*Email interview with Marvin Olasky, December 25, 2004
Tag: 1950 births/Olasky, Marvin
Tag: American journalists/Olasky, Marvin
Tag: Columnists/Olasky, Marvin
Tag: Magazine editors/Olasky, Marvin
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