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Why There’s a Real Chance My Texas Town Might Ban Fracking
The gas industry has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into this election to convince us that this referendum is “irresponsible,” but the history of our struggle with the industry lays bare a tale that has proved much the opposite – an irresponsible industry that has backed residents into a…
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Night Vigil 22 Oct 2014
The enduring meaning of a process is the intuitive impulse to create. This is mirrored in the instinctual drives toward procreation and tool making. You can trace back any produced thing to its original. But the original is the expression of ceaseless becoming, of enduring creativity. Seen only as the…
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Hannah Arendt’s challenge to Adolf Eichmann | Judith Butler | Comment is free | theguardian.com
At this historical juncture, for Arendt, it became necessary to conceptualise and prepare for crimes against humanity, and this implied an obligation to devise new structures of international law. So if a crime against humanity had become in some sense “banal” it was precisely because it was committed in a…
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Stranger Reformation within a Pastoral Revolution
Instead of defining us as living in sexual sin, the church is suddenly seeing all aspects of our relationships – the care for one another, the sacrifices of daily life, the mutual responsibilities for children, the love of our families, the dignity of our work, and all that makes up…
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Ukrainian Darth Vader strums acoustic Imperial March for election run – video
Who knew Star Wars villain Darth Vader was in fact a Ukrainian Cossack at heart? Source: www.theguardian.com Darth Vader… Politico.
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Harvard University says it can’t afford journal publishers’ prices
University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls Source: www.theguardian.com
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Truthout Interviews Candice Bernd on Police Retaliation Against “Cop Watch” Groups
Ted Asregadoo talks Truthout assistant editor and reporter, Candice Bernd, about police retaliation against police monitoring groups. Source: truth-out.org the problem with the police state
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What in the World Is Amazon?
It’s not a monopoly. It’s a behemoth fighting for its life in a world of giants. Source: m.theatlantic.com
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The Power Of Francis’ Glasnost
Both John Paul II and Benedict XVI understood the power of open dialogue, which is why they did all they could to shut it down within the Catholic church. The sensus fidelium, the insight that ordi… Source: dish.andrewsullivan.com Paying heed to the experience of the faithful, maybe the leaders of…
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Confirmed: The Oldest Known Art in the World Is Spray-Painted Graffiti
The first paintings ever made by human hands, new research suggests, were outlines of human hands. And they were created not in Spain or France, but in Indonesia. Source: m.theatlantic.com A political and an archaeological point.
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Carl Sagan Questions Drug Policy
Tom Angell has been spending some time at the Library of Congress reading through newly available papers from the estate of Carl Sagan, the scientist who might just have had more impact on the popu… Source: dish.andrewsullivan.com
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Feeling the Touch of the Goad: A Sense of Urgency as a Spur to Climate Action
To respond effectively to the threat of climate change, we must shed our complacency and arouse a sense of urgency. The texts of early Buddhism provide us with a psychological model of how this sense of urgency arises and how it can be channeled into effective action. Source: www.truth-out.org _/|\_
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Alexander the Great: History’s Superstar
Author Guy MacLean Rogers talks to Truthout about the discovery of a vast tomb in Amphipolis, Greece, which archeologists believe dates back to the era of Alexander the Great. Source: truth-out.org A great speculation with some nice info
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Feast of Saint Francis 2014
I always adore that the day before my birthday is the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. There is so much to learn about humility, devotion, contemplation, and love from Francis. That is why I usually celebrate my birthday on Oct 04, so I can pass along a little bit…
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