Tag: culture
member name: Bert B.
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February 09, 2006 01:35 AM EST --
Music is often like conversation. Sometimes the soloist is a "speaker" telling a story. Other times, it is a dialogue between members of an ensemble. I am speaking mainly about . . .
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August 07, 2009 10:20 PM EDT --
The confirmation vote for Sanya Sotomayor was 68-31.
There are 60 Democrats in the Senate.
Therefore, 8 Republican heroes voted for confirmation of a liberal, Hispanic judge with 17 years . . .
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February 23, 2009 12:59 AM EST --
Moral or ethical dilemmas are often presented in an attempt to manipulate us to accept a particular point of view, no matter how distasteful we find it. In many cases, the dilemma is bogus, based on . . .
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July 13, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
On June 18, just as summer vacations were starting for most high schoolers, Time Magazine published a blockbuster article detailing a "pregnancy pact" among 16-year-old-girls at Gloucester High . . .
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August 08, 2008 11:57 PM EDT --
A long, long time ago, there were humans on the earth. Records show that the first ones probably lived in what we now call Africa more than fifty thousand years ago, and from there, they gradually . . .
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August 16, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
Everybody suffers from it…except me, of course. Well, I sometimes get up on my high horse about gas-guzzling SUV’s, but that’s different. I’m right, and I am just trying to help out all . . .
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June 06, 2008 10:50 PM EDT --
I am confused about conception. Not about the physical process. I have two children who are now in their 40's. I think I understand the physical process of procreation fairly . . .
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August 01, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
Blaise Pascal, the famous 17 th century French Philosopher and mathematician had some advice for those who were undecided about the existence of God. In what has become known as “Pascal’s Wager,” . . .
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March 07, 2008 11:44 PM EST --
I was talking today with an old friend...someone I have known for many years. He's a very intelligent guy, but his interests in life are somewhat...constrained. Travel, politics and . . .
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February 27, 2009 11:45 PM EST --
This is the third and last of a set of articles that discuss moral dilemmas.
Here are links to the first two:
False Moral Dilemma No. 1 - Torture
False Moral Dilemma No. 2 - Collateral . . .
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March 18, 2009 12:49 PM EDT --
DUM de DUM DUM
The story you are about to read is true; some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent. My name is not Friday and I am not a cop.
If you don't . . .
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February 10, 2009 03:34 PM EST --
I went to my doctor today to discuss my weight.
I am 20 pounds overweight.
He told me that the solution is to gain ten pounds.
Our economy is in the toilet.
The . . .
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August 14, 2008 04:09 PM EDT --
“A conscientious objector (CO) is an individual who, on religious, moral or ethical grounds, refuses to participate as a combatant in war or, in some cases, to take any role that would support a combatant . . .
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May 31, 2008 01:30 AM EDT --
Two years ago, a political firestorm erupted when some pharmacists refused to dispense drugs that conflicted with their religious views. The drugs in question were contraceptives, especially "morning . . .
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December 19, 2005 03:51 PM EST --
Last night, I turned on the radio, and my favorite classical music station was playing Handel's Messiah. For the next hour-and-a-half, I sat, reading a little, but mostly listening to this masterpiece.I . . .
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