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"Church Traditionalists Livid at Pope for Washing Feet of Two Girls on Holy...
Pope Francis washes the feet of a prisoner at the Casal Del Marmo Youth Detention Centre in RomePhoto by Servizio Fotografico L'Osservatore Romano via Getty ImagesBy Daniel Politi | Posted Saturday,...
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Religious Practice and Happiness. Does loss of faith predispose to suicide?
Dear Fred,Thanks for sending "Suicide."For years my intuition has whispered that the collapse of religious practice will provoke an epidemic of hopelessness with an accompanying surge in...
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Suicide Rates, By Country
Alan: Uruguay (and arguably France) are the only two latin countries with higher suicide rates than the United States. I suspect this relates to the prevalence of Catholicism in latin countries.***The...
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Diane Rehm: Service, Comfort and Therapy Dogs
Addison Strychalsky, 2, of Newtown, Conn., pets Libby, a golden retriever therapy dog, during a visit from the dogs and their handlers to a memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting...
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Diane Rehm: "To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
ListenDr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, an organization that builds hospitals and provides heathcare to countries afflicted by poor health conditions, attends to one of his patients in...
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Gila Monster
A Gila monster, on the prowl for food, flicks out its tongue to test the air in its enclosure at the Melbourne Zoo. Photo by Will Burgess/Reuters Gila Monster Wikipedia Entry:...
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Face transplant patients: Where are they now?
Connie Culp was injured when her husband shot her in 2004. She underwent a near-total face transplant at the Cleveland Clinic in 2008 -- the first operation of its kind in the United States.HIDE...
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NRA Celebrates Gun Control Defeat, Senators Face Backlash
The National Rifle Association logo is placed on the George R. Brown Convention Center on May 1, 2013, in Houston. Photographer: Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle/AP PhotoWeeks after the U.S. Senate...
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Clarence Thomas: Say what?!?
Clarence Thomas Suggests "Elites" Like Obama Because He's What "They Expect From a Black Person"—By Adam Serwer| Fri May. 3, 2013Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he always figured there'd be...
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Poll: Hillary Clinton Runs Away With White House In 2016
Poll: Hillary Clinton runs away with White HousePolitico10 hours agoWritten byKevin CirilliHillary Clinton clears the field as the Democratic candidate of choice in a new 2016 presidential poll. The...
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Stephen Colbert: The NRA and Background Checks
The Word N.R.A.-vana The Colbert Report May 1, 2013 - YouTube► 5:18► 5:18www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F0rZeiC9bc1 day ago - Uploaded by DailyColbertReportAs grieving families start to win the emotional...
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A Right Wing Talk Show Host To Make Right Wingers Puke
Bob DavisRight-Wing Talk Show Host***Gun-Nut Host: Newtown Victim Families Can 'Go To Hell' - YouTube► 3:33► 3:33www.youtube.com/watch?v=B28lWug0bvUApr 19, 2013 - Uploaded by TheYoungTurks"Minnesota...
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The Borowitz Report: N.R.A. Leader Warns Of Rising Cost Of Senators
HOUSTON — National Rifle Association C.E.O. Wayne LaPierre used his opening speech at the N.R.A.’s national convention today to highlight several challenges facing the organization, including what he...
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Glenn Beck Has Evidence Boston Bombing Was An Inside Job
It's no longer necessary to deconstruct the "arguments" of right-wing talking heads.Just let them talk.***Beck Gives Obama Till Monday to Admit Boston Bombing was Inside Jobby PeoplesUnderground...
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Only One In Five Adults Gets Enough Exercise To Stay Healthy
Four out of five people commit slow-mo suicide.Should this be a moral issue?Terri Schiavo's prolonged life support was a moral issue even after seven years of "persistent vegetative state."***Most...
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Heat, Flood or Icy Cold, Extreme Weather Rages Worldwide
Snow blanketed Jerusalem on Thursday, an example of weather extremes that are growing more frequent and intense.More Photos »By SARAH...
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Graphene Paint Coats Can Capture Solar Power [Videos]
A handout picture shows Russian-born scientist Andre Geim in Manchester,one of two Russian-born scientists who shared the 2010 Nobel Prize for physics for showing how carbon just one atom thick behaved...
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"Guns Save Lives"
“Do concealed-weapon laws result in less crime?” Washington Post Fact-Checker Awards “Three Pinocchios”...
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The Essence of America
The Second Amendment: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."(Notice the word "regulated" in...
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Bangladeshi garment factory collapse
Pope Francis Describes Bangladesh Garment Workers As "Slave Labor."http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-on-pope-francis-and-slave-labor.html***More than 500 people perished in the collapse...
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