Researching an environmental organization of shared intent and goals, I was struck by a core question on its homepage: “What are we not paying attention to?”
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President Obama
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The words paradox and contradiction are used interchangeably these days. They aren’t synonymous however, and point to very different phenomena. In the following examples, which is a paradox, and which…
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World News – President Obama will this week ask Congress for more than $2 billion to deal with the surge of people — including unaccompanied minors — who are entering…
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President Obama had a wonderful visit with Pope Francis last week. It was a trifecta—the celebrity head of a dead religious institution meeting with the ex-celebrity president of a dead…
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[In honor of Nelson Mandela, we are re-posting this column, published in 2010, with a few revisions and excisions] The movie “Invictus,” though a bit lumbering, predictable and sentimental, is worth…
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Backpacking in the Hetch Hetchy wilderness, you feel both its vastness and sublimity, and a heartbreaking truncation. Magnificent waterfalls plunge over the cliffs, only to fall into a huge reservoir.…
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Costa Rica News – As the population of Costa Rica and the governmental bodies of this country sit down in their respective homes this evening, they will begin to reflect…
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Costa Rica News – Obama visited Mexico to both push his immigration bill and to talk about security both in regards to the drug war as well as the exchange…