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Land of Linkin'
Change of SubjectA weekly listing of intriguing, wacky, useful, provocative and otherwise interesting links that readers and I have come across and think you might want to see. Look for Land of Linkin' first thing every Monday morning and click here to...... -
Emily Rapp writes her way through grief in 'Still Point of the Turning World''
Emily Rapp is not one to sugarcoat hard truths, including the brutal diagnosis she and her husband received in January 2011 when they took their then-9-month-old son to a pediatric ophthalmologist because of concerns about developmental delays. Ronan,...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Emily Dickinson, Amputation, Birth Defects, Religion and Belief
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God is no Yeti: a rumination on religion
Several times, reading the comments beneath an online article about religion, I've come upon remarks along the lines of: "Really? A magic being in the sky?" Terry Eagleton, in "Reason, Faith, and Revolution," refers to this pseudo-critique as the Yeti...
Tags: Christianity, Chicago Tribune, Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith, Tony Blair
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Penn Jillette speaks his mind. Again
Penn Jillette isn't one to shy from controversy. In his new book, "Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday," the highly opinionated, talkative half of the long-running magic duo Penn & Teller takes on atheism, racism and the plight of the underclass. But...
Tags: Television Industry, Gary Busey, Malaria, Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Penn Jillette
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Review: A rowdy, shaggy night for Bad Religion at the Echo
Wednesday night was probably the first time a singer used the phrase “hemagglutinin” onstage at the Echo. Longtime L.A. punk fans know that can mean only one thing -- local heroes Bad Religion were playing a rare club-sized show, and its...
Tags: Concerts, Flu, Religion and Belief, NPR, Van Halen (music group)
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Threatened by faith in Santa Monica
Christmas in Santa Monica has gotten a whole lot darker and a whole lot less tolerant. For almost 60 years Santa Monica's Palisades Park embodied the Christmas spirit with its displays depicting the birth of Jesus. Through the use of large dioramas, the...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Fiction, Religion and Belief, Arts, Belief and Faith
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Eugene Genovese dies at 82; leftist historian turned conservative
Eugene D. Genovese became one of the most notorious radical intellectuals in the country in 1965 when he addressed an all-night teach-in at Rutgers University on the Vietnam War. "I do not fear or regret the impending Viet Cong victory. I welcome it,"...
Tags: Christianity, Fiction, University of Pennsylvania, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Religion and Belief
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Mailbag: LeBard changes will benefit community
Recently, a letter to the editor was printed in the Independent that made statements about the Huntington Beach City School District and the LeBard project plan ("District not being responsible with funds," Mailbag, Oct. 18). Unfortunately, many of the...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts
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City Lights: 'Blessing' is faith at its finest
Everyone has questions they hate to be asked. High on my list is, "Are you religious?" I dread it especially if I sense that a "no" answer will prompt a barrage of other questions, some of them rhetorical. Usually, in those circumstances, I say something...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Belief and Faith, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Best-sellers
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child (Delacorte, $28). Jack Reacher finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy after hitching a ride with strangers. Last week: — 2. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $24.99). Father Time, the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Lee Child, Michael Chabon, Entertainment Events, Junot Diaz
Mar 5, 2013
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Mar 15, 2013
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Dec 11, 2012
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Oct 15, 2012
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Nov 6, 2012
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Oct 16, 2012
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Oct 8, 2012
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Sep 20, 2012
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