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  • Quote of the Day

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    “Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end. I want to share with you my faith and my understanding that this suffering can be transformed…

  • Animal Elders

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Virginia Hughes marvels at a new paper that compares how 46 species – including humans – grow old: For folks (myself included) who tend to have a people-centric view of biology, the paper is a crazy, fun ride. Sure, some species are like us, with fertility waning and mortality skyrocketing…

  • Just in time for Christmas – Oxford University Press Publishes American Classic’s Reading List

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    The Oxford University Press has compiled some of the best books from American literature to read when you’re looking to escape into a story. Of course, they started with Moby Dick – one of the “greatest books of American  literature ever written.” Moby Dick by Herman Melville “Call me Ishmael.” And so begins one of the…

  • Obama’s Complete Nelson Mandela Memorial Speech

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    President Barack Obama’s full speech at memorial service today for Nelson Mandela.

  • What Mandela Asked Of His Oppressors

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Beinart criticizes the media for glossing over it: Mandela refused to grant legal absolution to the perpetrators of apartheid’s crimes until they publicly confessed their guilt. In the run-up to South Africa’s first free elections, de Klerk granted clemency to 4,000 members of the South African police and security services. But after…

  • Sunday Prayer

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  • The Legend of Brown Dog: A Great American Hero Gets His Due

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    Reposted from:  The Daily Beast Books section: One of America’s greatest writers, Jim Harrison, has created an indelible character in the trickster Brown Dog. Now collected for the first time in a new book readers can fully experience this energetic, lustful, quiet hero. One of America’s greatest writers, Jim Harrison, has created an indelible character in…

  • Quote for the Day

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      It is true to say that for me sanctity consists in being myself and for you sanctity consists in being your self and that, in the last analysis, your sanctity will never be mine and mine will never be yours, except in the communism of charity and grace. For me to be a saint means to…

  • Who Knew This Could Happen?!!!

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    A spectacular video from Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota demonstrates the incredible capabilities of nature.  The footage is of snow getting pushed ashore in the spring.  This is called an ice shove or shoreline ice pile up.  It is a surge of ice from an ocean or large lake onto the shore. They are caused by…

  • The Story Behind A Shirt

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Planet Money had t-shirts made so they could better understand where such clothing comes from: The Planet Money men’s T-shirt was made in Bangladesh, by workers who make about $3 a day, with overtime. The Planet Money women’s T-shirt was made in Colombia, by workers who make roughly $13 a day, without…