Religion | Religion
Sep.27.2012
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Sep.25.2012
“There’s no work for us,” Ali said, “because we’re old.” The sound of the Bulgarian words was familiar to my ears by now. My friend L. was translating. Ali and his wife C. were only in their fifties, but considered themselves old – and, to be honest, their hard lives had aged them...
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Sep.25.2012
When my parents moved into their first home, a gift from my great aunt, the one thing that my mother always said was the most significant consideration was that she be able to walk to church. When I was younger, I thought that was so unnecessary since we went one block to the store in our car, six...
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Sep.23.2012
“Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man...living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of...
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Sep.20.2012
Been one of those days when I've started posting something and then finished and said, bleah. I posted about fear and writer's tools, and my strange Facebook friends. Then I deleted them. None of them satisfied my itch.
Watched "Little Miss Sunshine" again last night. The movie stands out in...
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Sep.18.2012
Ennui, more than rage. How many Muslims with open mouths does the world want to look at? What demons, what paranoia is it?
Why can't I get to see Terry Jones on a magic carpet burning a book and spreading its ashes on the 'secular' believers? Oh, we are not like that. That is Rick Samtorum, Pam...
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Sep.15.2012
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce
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It sometimes takes a while to warm up to writing such as this first major work by James Joyce. His title tells the story cleanly enough, but there’s more to this bildungsroman than simply a young man coming...
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Sep.13.2012
New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Sep 13, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO--In 2010 Time Magazine’s prestigious Person of the Year title went to two individuals. While its readers picked Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, Time’s editors picked Mark...
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Aug.23.2012
I bet she never heard that before. In this case, it is true. Best-selling Amish author Sarah Price has joined the Authors of One with...
Story ElevenThe Power of Faith(http://goo.gl/zPxzm)100% of the author’s proceeds will be donated to Forget Me Not Horse Rescue, a charitable organization where...
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Aug.21.2012
Buddhism made a bleep in the news early this month when the Times of India, citing an unnamed source, reported that Bill Clinton, has turned to Buddhism for mental and physical well-being. The former US president went as far as hiring a Buddhist monk to teach him the arts of...
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