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The Moth
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The Road
What lingers with me after reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, is not the tenderness of love between father and son, nor the enduring hopefulness of the boy. No, it is the haunting descriptions of people kept like cattle to be eaten by other people. The faceless, nameless people cowed into a cellar kept drifting through…
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Oatmeal
My wife challenged me to write for half an hour about oatmeal. After seeing Nick’s paean to Wheat Thins, I felt I could not refuse. So here goes…. I’ve liked oatmeal since I can remember, always hot with a generous pat of butter and a heaping spoonful of brown sugar. I sometimes have it with…
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What if Evolution is True?
Nothing in science provokes controversy like evolution, especially in America. Despite more than 80 years of evolution teaching in America’s schools, Americans remain doubtful that all life now on earth developed from less advanced forms of life. Among scientists, however, and especially among biologists, the verdict is nearly unanimous: evolution occurs. Why such a serious…
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Big Ten for Today
Here’s what much of our culture now accepts as gospel: All religions are alike. Truth is personal: what is true for you may not be true for me. Faith is about the sincerity and authenticity of your beliefs. Whatever fulfills you is good for you. Love is mostly sex, and respect is mostly letting people…