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“What do we call visible light? We call it color. But the electromagnetic spectrum runs to zero in one direction and infinity in the other, so really, children, mathematically, all of light is invisible.” — Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See When we...
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“They’re a bit bite-y.”  Shawn of the Living Dead If you have younger brothers, you may be familiar with the “game” of them bugging you by parroting everything you say or relentlessly shadowing you. “Stop following me!” I would shriek. That’s why I found old zombie...
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From time to time, horrifying images from the Holocaust death camps pass before my eyes, prompting me to consider the magnitude of the unfathomable cruelty inflicted on an entire race of living, breathing people… grandparents, children… young people… newlyweds… babies. BABIES. If I consider that...
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I know when I say that I’m feeling sorry for Megyn Kelly, it’ll have the same reaction as farting in a crowded room. People will wrinkle their noses and get as far away as possible. Well, hold your nose, because I do. Kelly is one of...
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Few things a doctor does are more important than relieving pain. . . pain is soul destroying. No patient should have to endure intense pain unnecessarily. The quality of mercy is essential to the practice of medicine; here, of all places, it should not be...
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As I read through the invite, I could not believe it. Had it really been 40 years? That would make me…uhm, a hell of a lot older then I tell myself I am. Forty years ago I walked across the stage and was handed my...
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There’s a Latin maxim that says ei incumbit probatio qui dicit non qui negat (“the burden of proof is on the one who declares, not the one who denies.”) One of the most sacred tenets in the law is the presumption of innocence. Anyone charged...
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So that’s all it took? A woman’s compelling, honest, sworn statements get wiped out by a belligerent, unhinged, crying man.
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When somebody – be he a student, athlete, priest, doctor, friend, relative, federal judge who’s been nominated to the Supreme Court, etc. – counters a credible accusation of sexual assault with outraged proclamations of being smart, successful, rich, talented, well liked and an all-around good...
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