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The poetry of discussion
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Our Sulzer Regional Library Great Books Discussion Group has been meeting for more than 30 years. Annually, we pick a theme to guide our book selections and discussions. This year's theme is morality. Last year we read books dealing with...Tags: Seamus Heaney, Lifestyle and Leisure, Literature, Anthony Powell, Mark Twain
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Classical liberalism defined
SomersetI'm a classical liberal. I am very open about my philosophical beliefs and do not fear sharing them. Oftentimes, though, I am asked, what makes me a classical liberal? What makes anybody a classical liberal? A classical liberal is somebody who believes...Tags: Social Sciences, Government, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Penn Jillette
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The birth of a Twitter trend: #replacebooktitleswithbacon
Jacket CopyLots of great book titles with bacon! And if you've seen too many go by on Twitter lately, blame Carolyn Kellogg and Elissa Schappell.... -
Are you a part of the problem, or answer?
When listening to the news on television, computers, reading our newspapers that speak of all the problems we face at home and abroad, I can’t help but think of the song that we sang years ago, “Stop the world, I want to get off!” I...Tags: Education, Wesleyan University, Human Interest, India, Colleges and Universities
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The God Squad: Some aspects of cremation spiritually unwise
Question: With all due respect, I felt that your response to a recent question regarding cremation might have offended some readers. Your opinions that keeping ashes in an urn on the mantel seemed "creepy," and scattering them in public places "slightly...Tags: Values, Cardiologists, Health and Medical Professionals, Ethics, Health
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Jared Lee Loughner: A Troubled Mind
Staff WriterOn Saturday morning just after 11, the quiet, working-class Tucson neighborhood suddenly filled with sheriff's patrol cars and FBI agents. They quickly cordoned off the North Soledad Avenue home of Amy and Randy Loughner, who were out shopping. Moments...Tags: Mental Health, Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pima County, High School Sports
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Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer tackles nonfiction with his latest effort, 'Eating Animals'
L.A. UnleashedAnimal advocates everywhere are talking about author Jonathan Safran Foer's latest book, "Eating Animals." Foer, known primarily as a novelist whose prior works include "Everything is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," went the... -
Francis Collins: fit to head the NIH?
Today's topic: Some have made the argument that President Obama's nomination of Francis Collins, a born-again Christian geneticist, to head the National Institutes of Health is a disservice to the science community because it promotes someone who is known...Tags: Genetics, Science, Education, Awards and Prizes, Health and Safety at School
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The iPod lecture circuit
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBaxter Wood is one of Hubert Dreyfus' most devoted students. During lectures on existentialism, Wood hangs on every word, savoring the moments when the 78-year-old philosophy professor pauses to consider a student's comment or relay how a meaning-of-...Tags: Science, Death, Vehicles, Family, Retirement
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For Ailing Twins' Parents, Hope Vies With Anguish
She steered with one knee, reached into the back seat and stroked the tears from her little boy's cheek. Drivers honked and shouted behind their rolled-up windows. One gave her the single-finger salute. She hardly noticed. She had something more important...Tags: Death, Vehicles, Los Angeles, Forehead, Family
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An elusive dream
By Jeremi Suri
The United Nations is the most frustrating international institution. In its charter, its structure and its leadership, it embodies the idealistic ambition to make the world a better place for everyone. What other institution on this...Tags: Crimes, Death, Diplomacy, University of Paris, Refugee
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'La Petite Jérusalem'
![Philosophy and religion become entangled with love and sex in Karin Albou's intelligent, sensual drama "La Petite Jérusalem." Set in a rundown, predominately Jewish neighborhood in suburban Paris, the film follows the path of a passionate young philosophy student as she attempts to wall off her heart, using Immanuel Kant as the gatekeeper.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-05/23271669.jpg "Philosophy and religion become entangled with love and sex in Karin Albou's intelligent, sensual drama "La Petite Jérusalem.\" Set in a rundown, predominately Jewish neighborhood in suburban Paris, the film follows the path of a passionate young philosophy student as she attempts to wall off her heart, using Immanuel Kant as the gatekeeper.")
Times Staff WriterPhilosophy and religion become entangled with love and sex in Karin Albou's intelligent, sensual drama "La Petite Jérusalem." Set in a rundown, predominately Jewish neighborhood in suburban Paris, the film follows the path of a passionate young philosophy...Tags: Movies, Literature, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Clermont
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