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  <title><![CDATA[Overpopulation]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2010/03/overpopulation/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ More tiny footsteps equal a bigger collective footprint. How many people can our planet sustain?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:56:27 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Do you break the silence?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2010/03/silence/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Your sister was addicted to alcohol and became pregnant in her teens. Her son, now 18, is in counselling for his own addiction problems. If he knew about his mother’s past, it might help him recover. But your sister, now a successful realtor, forbids any mention of it. Do you break the silence?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:46:25 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Friend or spouse?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2010/02/everyday_ethics/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Your marriage has been under stress, and your husband has planned a second honeymoon for Valentine's. Just before your departure, your best friend calls. It is the first anniversary of her spouse's death, and she says she really needs company. What do you do?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kicking the oil habit]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2010/01/transition_towns/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Sooner or later, plentiful oil will be a thing of the past. Transition Towns are starting now to prepare for the future.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2010/01/transition_towns/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:28:14 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Do you pay your son's mortgage?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2010/01/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Your adult son has a history of being careless with money. Despite your urging to buy something more modest, he and his spouse bought a house they couldn’t afford. Now they’re having trouble paying the mortgage. You recently came into some money. Do you help them out, or should they learn from their mistake?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA['Fighting to be our daughter’s parents']]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2010/01/children_cerebral_palsy/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Born with severe cerebral palsy, Daria Gallinger needs 24-hour care. Now her parents face a cruel choice: keep her at home and accept financial ruin, or give her up so she qualifies for the help she needs. ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2010/01/children_cerebral_palsy/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:31:39 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Day Twelve]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_twelve/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ They have looked into the abyss
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_twelve/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:05:59 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Day Eleven]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_eleven/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Nowhere else to go]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_eleven/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:12:05 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Day Ten]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_ten/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A question of power]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_ten/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:27:44 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Day Nine]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_nine/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ 'What on earth has the Gospel got to do with climate change?']]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_nine/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:09:57 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Day Eight]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_eight/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A unique Canadian contribution]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_eight/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:41:38 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Days Six and Seven]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_six/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Thinking the unthinkable]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_six/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:36:01 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Days Four and Five]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_four/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ 'This is about more than climate change']]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_four/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:49:33 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Day Three]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_three/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Two solitudes ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_three/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:11:56 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Day Two:]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_2/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ From Rio to Copenhagen: not a good trip for Canada
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_2/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:13:05 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Copenhagen Day One]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_day_one/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Now that it has started, where is it going to go?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/copenhagen_day_one/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:18:27 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[United Nations Climate Change Conference]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/un_climate_change/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/un_climate_change/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:26:44 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Green your Christmas]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/green_christmas/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Tips for a more eco-friendly holiday]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/green_christmas/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:52:31 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kyoto’s ghost]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/kyoto_ghost/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Twelve years ago, it appeared the tide had turned on climate change. It hasn’t. Can Copenhagen accomplish what Kyoto couldn’t?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/kyoto_ghost/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:00:37 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Do you take your atheist grandchildren to church?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/12/atheist_children/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You’re a lifelong churchgoer; your daughter and son-in-law are atheists. Three days before Christmas, they must leave town to be with his father, who is gravely ill. They leave their two school-age children with you. You always attend Christmas Eve services. Do you bring your grandchildren with you?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/12/atheist_children/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:39:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Front page challenge]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/front_page/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The United Church found itself in the media crosshairs this past fall, wondering how — or whether — to respond to a spate of negative news stories]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/12/front_page/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Do you help your grandson sneak into university?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/11/university/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Your grandson has applied to a prestigious university, and his marks are just shy of the admission cut-off. You know he would have sailed through had he not missed so many classes in his last term due to his parents’ messy breakup. The dean of the college is an old friend. Do you call in a favour?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/11/university/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[When green isn't green enough]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/11/green_enough/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Think you’re doing your bit for the environment? Here’s the deal: you’re just getting started.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/11/green_enough/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Little requests; big time commitment]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/10/everyday_ethics/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You began by helping an elderly neighbour with her lawn. Then you agreed to buy a few groceries, fix her cabinets and clean her eaves. Now she phones twice daily, and her “little requests” take a lot of your time. She has no family and no one else to support her. What do you do?
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/10/everyday_ethics/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Do you cash a winning ticket?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/09/winning_ticket/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You are a minister and an outspoken opponent of gambling. After a community kitchen meal for the poor, you find a crumpled lottery ticket on the floor by the coat rack. Out of curiosity you check the numbers on the Internet and discover it’s a winner. 
What do you do?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/09/winning_ticket/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Keep a troubled kid in Sunday school?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/07/sundayschool/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Your church’s Sunday school is on the rebound. Another new student arrives in your classroom. She’s a troubled foster child with a history of being expelled from school and bounced from home to home. Despite your efforts to help her integrate, she is becoming increasingly disruptive. Other children have stopped coming. What do you do?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/07/sundayschool/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Growing food security ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/06/food_security/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ How that patch of earth outside your church can be part of a more equitable food system
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/06/food_security/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[One tap on, another off?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/06/debate_june09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A wealthy member of the congregation where you are a minister plans a gift that will sustain the church for many years. There’s a catch: he wants you to cancel “Spirituality and Suds” pub nights that are popular with young adults from the church and the community. Do you turn off the tap?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/06/debate_june09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Do you pay under the table?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/05/everyday_ethics_may09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The fire inspector has ordered some costly upgrades at the financially struggling church where you work as an administrator. A parishioner who has been unemployed for several months offers to do the work at a good price. But he wants to be paid in cash so his employment insurance benefits aren’t affected. Do you agree?
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/05/everyday_ethics_may09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pain and possibility]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/05/pain/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Our economy was sick before the recession took hold. The crisis presents a chance to imagine a healthier and more sustainable future.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/05/pain/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Do you warn your friend?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/04/everyday_ethics_april09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A close friend tells you about the new man in her life. You’re a receptionist in a law office where he is a client. From office gossip you’ve heard the man has a past history of domestic violence. You know the rules about lawyer-client confidentiality, but your conscience says you should warn your friend. Do you?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/04/everyday_ethics_april09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:01:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Miracle or dilemma?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/04/organ_donation/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Tens of thousands of people are living testimony to the benefits of harvesting vital organs from the dead. Yet the ethics of organ donation are surprisingly complex. ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2009/04/organ_donation/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Reporting a fender-bender]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/03/fender_bender/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You are an independent taxi driver. One morning, you back out of the driveway into the side of an illegally parked FedEx van. No one sees it happen. Your car is okay but the van is clearly damaged. You now risk losing your cab due to skyrocketing insurance rates. Do you report the mishap?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/03/fender_bender/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:46:12 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Is it hooky or healing?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/02/hooky/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A colleague has gone on short-term disability following the flare-up of an old back injury. You are both in the running for the same promotion, one that you feel you deserve and one that you need so you can make ends meet. One day you spot your colleague zipping down the ski hill. What do you do?
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/02/hooky/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:46:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Strings attached]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/01/everyday_ethics_jan2009/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Your church gym helps keep local youngsters healthy and off the streets. It badly needs refurbishing, and your church has no money. A sporting goods merchant offers $10,000 but wants a small sign advertising his store displayed somewhere in the gym. Do you accept?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2009/01/everyday_ethics_jan2009/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Christmas conundrum]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/12/christmas_conundrum/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You have recently remarried. Although you have custody of your children, they remain very close to their father. Christmas is looming, and you know he is alone. The kids desperately want him to be part of your celebrations. Your new partner is decidedly less enthusiastic. What do you do?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/12/christmas_conundrum/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:45:55 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The toxic employee]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/11/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ An employee in your small business is a capable worker but an increasingly toxic person. Terminating him promises to be a major headache. Then, a local charity calls saying he has applied for a staff position. They want a reference. What do you tell them?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/11/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:45:49 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A racist boss]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/10/everyday_ethics_oct08/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You are new to a job you badly wanted and are still on probation. Your boss has been helpful and encouraging, but you’ve noticed he has a bad habit of cracking casually racist jokes. You find them offensive but your co-workers seem to put up with them. Do you confront him or keep quiet like the rest?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/10/everyday_ethics_oct08/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:45:44 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[At Issue]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/10/at_issue_oct08/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Have our best efforts to eliminate sexism and racism morphed into new exclusions?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/10/at_issue_oct08/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:07 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Where’s Darwin?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2008/09/wheres_darwin/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Nearly half of Canadians believe that dinosaurs and humans co-existed. Is there a missing link in our education system?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2008/09/wheres_darwin/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:14:33 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The value of a gift]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/09/everydayethics/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You’ve been volunteering in a poor country. On departure day, a villager with whom you have worked gives you a piece of her jewelry as a gesture of enduring friendship. It’s important to her that you accept the gift, but you think it could be worth a lot of money. Should you accept it?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/09/everydayethics/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:45:39 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A question of ethics]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/07/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Your church treasurer, who also happens to be an executive at a large accounting firm, serves your congregation faithfully and diligently. Then one day, a bombshell: his company faces criminal charges in connection with auditing irregularities. Should he continue to handle your church’s finances?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:45:34 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Restless Soul]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/06/reading_matters/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Turn off the cell phone. Put away the iPod. Your language skills are suffering.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:34:08 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A dying wish]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/05/dying_wish/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You are a minister, and among your longtime parishioners is a gravely ill 19-year-old woman. In what amounts to a dying wish, she has asked you to marry her and a young man she had been dating casually before she took a turn for the worse. The young man is okay with the idea. 
Are you?
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:45:29 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A vacation or a chore?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/05/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ An old friend has suffered through a messy divorce, her mother's death and job loss. She talks of nothing but herself and is beginning to try your patience. Then she suggests that the two of you take a long-talked-about vacation together. What do you do?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:45:24 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[On the worthy cause beat]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2008/05/worthy_cause/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A veteran business reporter discovered that the philanthropic spirit is thriving in Canada today]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:13:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eating ethically]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2008/04/feature_eatingethically/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Is it possible to shrink our ecological footprint 
by changing the way we fill our bellies?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2008/04/feature_eatingethically/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:07:18 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[An affair to consider]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2008/04/youth_leaders/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Your church’s youth group is booming thanks to two energetic adult volunteers. Both leaders are married, but one afternoon you see them leaving a motel together. The youth have spent a year fundraising for an exposure tour to Peru. They leave in a month. What do you do?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:45:18 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[An ethical enigma called Afghanistan]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2007/10/an_ethical_enigma_called_afghanistan/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ It used to be that the United Church was almost automatically anti-war. Times have changed.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2007/10/an_ethical_enigma_called_afghanistan/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:10:13 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The shadow side of nuclear energy]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2007/10/the_shadow_side_of_nuclear_energy/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Nuclear energy promises lots of electricity with minimal greenhouse gases. Its waste `footprint' is a different matter, though.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2007/10/the_shadow_side_of_nuclear_energy/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:11:31 EST</pubDate>
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