The first candle of Hanukkah was lit tonight. Tomorrow the Solstice will begin. Sunday will be Christmas. Tet will not be until February, and we missed Eid al-Fitr completely and forgot Rosh Hashanah. Whatever. The point is that all of us humans need to bless and keep each other.
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We are 50-somethings, soon to be 60-somethings. We remember 50 years ago when we would go around our neighborhoods in New Jersey and Vermont, showing off our costumes and collecting candy and contributions for the United Nations Childrens' Fund..
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The course was taught to about 150 students a year by a chaplain at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. For the past two decades, all missile officers have taken the ethics training as part of their orientation.
We can argue indefinitely about the political causes of the civil war that began 150 years ago today, but I feel that the most important group of people has been left out: the people who were enslaved.
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When I vote tomorrow, I want to vote: • FOR an open, transparent government that encourages the free flow of information, and respects our Constitution and our public recordkeeping, disclosure, and privacy laws
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Jeffrey Jones of the Gallup organization writes, “The historically high gap between partisans’ job approval ratings of Barack Obama continued during Obama’s third year in office, with an average of 80 percent of Democrats and 12 percent of Republicans approvin …
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their conversation.
Newt Gingrich’s win in the South Carolina primary looks like it may not be an outlier; Gingrich’s poll numbers are rising rapidly in Florida, and he has a good chance of beating Romney there as well. Gingrich is doing well in no small part because he has s …
On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Some even said we should let it die. With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen. In exchange for help, we demanded responsibility. We got workers and automakers to se …
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Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years