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Woman Stoned in Nuclear Pakistan
Stoned to death. In the 21st century. And she was three months pregnant. And Pakistan has about 100 nuclear weapons. Think about that. What if fanatic, populist, fundamentalist Muslims of the sort that stoned this woman for “family honor” attain … Continue reading
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Tagged family, feminism, India, Islam, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, women's rights
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Bill de Blasio for NY Mayor
A great ad made by his son, Dante. Bill de Blasio, who is white, has a black wife and two children by her. His wife, before she married him, was a lesbian. How cool is that? __________ Here’s a bit from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill de Blasio, family, hillary clinton, marriage, new york, Politics
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Feminism is not “Anti-Science”
Some amusing and idiotic hand-wringing from an all-male panel over the fact that 4 in ten households in the United States now have a woman as the primary breadwinner. You would never know, based on this conversation, that nothing is … Continue reading
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Tagged America, business, capitalism, family, feminism, hillary clinton, resentment, sexism, women's rights
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Dear Photograph: A Fascinating New Website
Contributers to the new site called “Dear Photograph” align old photographs with their points of origin, then retake the images. The achieved result is the display of people ghost-haunting, as it were, places in which they are no longer present (either because they have … Continue reading
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Tagged art, beauty, family, life, love, memory, photography, poetry, sadness, time
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Steven Novella, the Ambivalent Blasphemer
At SkepticBlog this past week, Steven Novella endorses blasphemy as social protest (sort of): There are those, for example, who champion blasphemy as a form of social protest. PZ, Penn and Teller, Christopher Hitchens and others argue that nothing should … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, blasphemy, Christianity, democracy, family, free speech, Islam, Jesus, Mohammad, Prometheus, steven novella, the oresteia
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My Daughter Won a Certificate of Merit from Her School for—Generosity!
My oldest daughter is six years old, and from her school today she received a certificate of merit, not for attendance or academic achievement, but just for being a generous person! Her teacher praised her for being a good friend to her … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Buddha, character, family, friendship, generosity, kids, kindness, life, love, meditation, yoga
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Wear Your Seat Belt
An amazing ad that is very near to art: Okay, it is art.
Have an Edgy Thanksgiving!
In the 1970s, All in the Family had an episode (in season six) in which Thanksgiving dinner is disrupted over Michael Stivic’s atheism, and Michael and Gloria’s determination not to raise their baby with a religion:
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H1N1: Yet Another Good Reason to Get Your Flu Shot
At around 6 pm this evening, I listened to a radio host at KFI, the largest radio station in Los Angeles, do a segment on swine flu. The host has a four year old daughter, and he noted that medical researchers … Continue reading
Trick or Treaters, New York City, Circa 1910
But they don’t have trick or treat bags, do they? Did kids used to go around and shill for candy back then? Link with more of these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/opiummuseum/4033581631/in/set-72157622380888091/
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Tagged 1910, 20th century, candy, children, family, Halloween, history, life, trick or treat
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H1N1 (Swine Flu): Listen to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), Not Rush Limbaugh
Here’s the CDC’s recommendation regarding swine flu vaccination, as reported in the Washington Post: The first swine flu precaution that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests for parents: As soon as a vaccine is available, try to get … Continue reading
The High Rests on the Low
My kids at Griffith Park Observatory, Hollywood, California, about a year ago.
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The WTF Moment of the Day: A Father is Told That He Must Pay $3,000 for the Bullet That the Government Used to Murder His Son
According to the Wall Street Journal, on Saturday in Iran, a young man, returning home from an acting class, went missing. It turns out that, though he was not a government protester, he was caught in the crossfire between the … Continue reading
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Tagged bullets, death, family, fascism, guns, Iran, Islam, life, Muslim, oppression, rule of law, tehran
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: A Survivor of Bergen-Belsen Starts Life Anew in Costa Rica
According to the U.S. Holocaust Museum photo archive, the woman seated at the right was liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945 and immigrated to Costa Rica. She was the only survivor of a family that had seven children. The photo above was taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Auschwitz, bergen-belsen, costa rica, family, fascism, genocide, Hitler, Holocaust, Judaism, life, the Holocaust
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Registration Certificate for a Girl Who Was Part of the Kindertransport to England, 1939
Source: U.S. Holocaust Museum archives 10,000 Jewish children—without their parents—were sent to England to escape the Nazis. In these kindertransports, imagine, if it is possible, the heart-wrenching moment of separation between each parent and each child. It is enough to … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, death, family, genocide, Germany, Hitler, Holocaust, kindertransport, philosophy, Politics, religion, the Holocaust
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Studio Portrait of a Jewish Family Living in Poland Before the Holocaust
Portrait of a Jewish family in Poland. 90% of Polish Jews died during the Holocaust.
If You Ever Hit Me, I Swear I’ll Leave You—Even If the BIBLE Does Not Give Me Permission To!
Where is that passage in the BIBLE that says, “Thou shalt not, under any circumstances, STRIKE or batter thy spouse. It is an abomination unto the Lord”? Ah, there isn’t one? Okay. But isn’t there a passage somewhere in the Bible … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, authoritarianism, Christianity, evangelicalism, family, feminism, Jesus, mars hill, religion, spousal abuse, submission, the Bible
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