Practical advice on stopping gossip in its tracks.
Pyromaniacs: How to shut down gossip and its nasty kin
First, understand what gossip is. Gossip is spreading harmful information in an ungodly manner — without love, and thus to no positive end. Its bastard stepchildren are the triplets: Strife, Dissensio…
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I am never sure how much to trust the details in these stories, but one section really leaped out at me: “He told Kim he would have to drop a case. A 9/11 case. “I hate to say it,” he said, “but being a Christian is gonna trump being an American.”
‘Imagine the Worst Possible Scenario’: Why a Guantanamo Prosecutor Withdrew From the Case
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Couch truly believed Mohamedou Ould Slahi was guilty. He also believed that Slahi’s interrogators had broken the law — tormenting him physically and sexually, and threatening…
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Awesome comment at the end (although I do not know if it is true or not): “Do note that death insurance didn’t sell well until it was given the less accurate but more affable name, life insurance.”
Congestion pricing sounds like something to avoid since neither term is something you want. Eric Jaffe held a contest for replacement terms. Decongestion pricing is one possibility since it at least h…
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This is the best summary of the issue I’ve seen yet.
Pastor Disinvited from Giving Inaugural Prayer Because of Sermon on Homosexuality
The message of religious intolerance being delivered by President Obama, his staff, and many of his supporters is unmistakable: If you do not affirm homosexuality then you cannot be fair-minded. The m…
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The second quote is the one to focus on. If you are squeamish, be cautious when ordering calimari. For the record, I don’t think this would affect my willingness to eat artificial calimari.
Fred Armisen hosts This American Life as Ira Glass
This week’s episode of This American Life is about doppelgangers, so they decided to have SNL’s Fred Armisen come on the show and
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Then my kids will receive excellent grades. 🙂
Don’t pay for all of your kids’ college education
…a new study…found that the more money (in total and as a share of total college costs) that parents provide for higher education, the lower the grades their children earn. The findings — particularly…
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Rat — the voice of a generation.
Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis, January 17, 2013 Via @GoComics
At its heart, Pearls Before Swine is the comic strip tale of two friends: an arrogant Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-witted Pig who doesn’t know any better. Together, this pair offers caust…
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This is solid. Which, you know, is what you ought to expect from D.A. Carson.
You Asked: How Do We Know if God Is Disciplining Us?
Easy, formulaic answers to questions of suffering are invariably reductionistic — and they make bad theology, too.Easy, formulaic answers to questions of suffering are invariably reductionistic — and …
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This is actually helpful to me.
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I think I will file this one under “Common-sense observation by a judge.” In related news, see http://i.imgur.com/RtLy8.jpg
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