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After enough time, even important things fade into the background
Things fade into the background if they’re no immediate danger to us. The aging nuclear power plant that provides power but is not in compliance with safety regulations and sits near an earthquake...
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Who do you trust?
I was at the Nelsonville Music Festival this past weekend, at what may be the most underrated music festival in the whole of our United States of America. Under glorious clear skies, I walked around...
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Engage. You don’t need to be an expert.
Do we talk to other people about what we’re doing? About what they’re doing? Do we ask why we do what we do..buy what we buy, bank who we bank with..eat what we eat..send our kids to the schools that...
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If we criticize Chick-fil-A, should we criticize ourselves?
The three of us got to the bar and ordered some beers. Proper beers, mind you, because we are men of taste, or at least openminded. The sun was setting, the temperatures dropping, so we found a table...
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Do we need it? Or do we want it?
Meat comes from living things that suffer and feel pain. If we eat animals, can we really say we care about them?
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How to make your vote count
Many feel that money influences our representatives. Many believe that elections are decided by money rather than votes. I think this is correct, but only in so much as we believe that is true and...
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Your strength is needed. Now…more than ever.
Some people think they know better than others. You know the type. They give advice on everything. They believe they have the system of do’s and don’ts that will work. They want what is best for you....
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Laws may fail us, but our morality will not
When government representatives allow immoral but technically legal corporate practices, are we being just as immoral in re-electing those same representatives back into office? Does more regulation...
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Who are you voting for?
When someone speaks reasonably about unreasonable things, they are either a genius, or a madman. Cast your vote carefully. If a person talks about spending money they don’t have, putting value in...
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Today’s soldiers fighting our war become tomorrow’s veterans
The United States, the country, the citizens, you and me, our President, the Congress… we are at war. Our govt has made the judgment that it is worth putting our citizens, our soldiers, in harm’s way,...
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“Too poor to vote Republican”
I saw a bumper sticker that said, “Too poor to vote Republican.” After laughing at the joke, I thought that it was kind of insulting to the Republicans who are poor. But then I grew serious, because...
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“We change, but always at a cost: to win this you lose that.”
Nick eats eight meals a day. He has little containers of food that he brings to work. He goes to Sam’s Club to buy the big bags of broccoli and diapers. Kevin takes long bike rides with a group. They...
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The Pope only wants to help
The Pope gave his blessing to campaign finance reform. But does the Pope know about campaign finance? Campaign finance is an issue created by the two-party system culture, a culture which perpetuates...
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