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Houston Chronicle

St. Augustine was no stranger to culture wars – and has something to say about today’s

F. M. Kirby Foundation Chair of Leadership and Character Michael Lamb writes: In “City of God,” Augustine offers a vision of the political community, or “commonwealth,” that emphasizes “peace” and “concord” among diverse citizens. Augustine believed that identifying common goods and engaging others on their own terms might help diverse citizens find concord – and perhaps even sing in the same key. Living in an empire riven by violence, Augustine focused especially on civic peace. He understood peace not simply as the absence of violence, but as a relationship of justice and friendship among citizens.”

This article, originally published in The Conversation, appeared in outlets nationwide.

November 1, 2024

The Wall Street Journal

Private equity’s ties to companies’ auditors have never been closer. That worries some regulators.

If there is even a perception that such investments are influencing auditor independence, the financial statements produced by those auditors may lose credibility, said accounting professor Jenelle Conaway. “The intensity with which private equity is getting involved is different from anything we’ve experienced before,” Conaway said. “There’s the potential for the strong influence on the non-audit side to spill over to the audit side through these big firm-level decisions.”

October 30, 2024