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I wrote this in 2015, before the #MeToo movement. It’s all the more relevant now as voice after voice — of both women and men — sound out in the lingering anguish of having been used as a thing. Like so many young college women,...
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I wish people understood a little bit more about what it meant to be adopted, what it means to be adopted. Ben  (Adoptionbeat.org Adoptees Gallery ) CNN’s picture essay (John McCain Memorial pictures on CNN) on Senator McCain’s funeral shows his wife and grown children...
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Think of Donald Trump’s personal qualities, the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third-grade theatrics. We have long referred to him as ‘The Donald.’ He is the only person in America to whom we have added an article before his name....
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Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence. Dalai Lama XIV For a long time, just like most of you, oh beloveds, I read about climate change and I was disturbed. But then...
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Yeah. You read it right. He really tweeted that. Keep in mind, Twitter is my least favorite social media venue. The limited space that means that even smart people sound like illiterate adolescents (with all due kudos to the many marvelously literate teens out there),...
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“Did you really want to die?” “No one commits suicide because they want to die.” “Then why do they do it?” “Because they want to stop the pain.” Tiffanie DeBartolo, How to Kill a Rock Star Sometimes even to live is an act of courage....
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The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one’s country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. George McGovern I confess I’ve never been middle America’s idea of a patriot. If it’s red, white and blue...
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The happy family is a myth for many. Carolyn Spring Every Father’s Day there are tributes to all the perfect dads out there. Glowing praise, love and gratitude illuminate the virtual halls of social media as these dads bask in their well-earned praise. I’ve known...
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We aren’t the weeds in the crack of life. We’re the strong,amazing flowers that found a way to grow in the most challenging conditions Jeanne McElvaney, Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story I was recently diagnosed with severe, chronic PTSD — “like combat soldiers have,” the woman...
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