Below, a mesmerizing speaker weaves a story of the state’s systemic neglect of the child. He mentions the tales of many fictional characters, but I’d say the most enthralling part of the talk is his own story, beginning at 4:05. Don’t miss it. Watch video.
At Age 11, His Parents ‘Returned’ Him. But What Happened Next Is Just As Important. Read More »
A public appeal for people to make mittens for burned koalas worked so well that an animal group is asking for pouches for rescued kangaroos and wallabies. The International Fund for Animal Welfare says it has plenty of koala mittens, thanks to the public, but joeys, or young marsupial animals, like Gabby the Western Grey
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Some experts say depression comes with a number of upsides. Here are seven ways the condition could actually make you healthier — and happier — once your symptoms get better. More.
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“The point of incarnation language,” the Catholic theologian Roger Haight writes, “is that Jesus is one of us, that what occurred in Jesus is the destiny of human existence itself: et homo factus est. Jesus is a statement, God’s statement, about humanity as such.” Humanity is the presence of God. The presence of God, therefore,
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Twentieth-century America gave birth to a world-class public educational system that, for all its flaws, gave an astonishing number of people a distinctive liberal education. Unfortunately, for a few decades now we’ve been walking with misplaced confidence toward inequality and empire once again. But we should refuse to “sit down fatalistically before the croaker’s picture.”
From: The Liberal Arts and the Fate of American Democracy By Scott Samuelson Read More »
Following the frenzy of cat lovers that lined up to visit North America’s first cat cafe, a pop-up event hosted in New York City last April, the city will finally become a permanent home to this unique trend that’s already become popular in Europe and Asia. Meow Parlor will combine a cat room, where visitors
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