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Laura G Owens
- October 7, 2014
- Social Issues
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Impolite Conversations: Talking about hard issues without cringing or screaming.
Can't WAIT to read this book! "Here's a thought: it is truly difficult to have a conversation without really listening to the person we are talking to. Not only…
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- August 20, 2014
- Social Issues
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Ice bucket challenge ‘narcissism masked as altruism?’ Oh for Pete (Frates’) sake.
“It’s like a game of Would-You-Rather involving the entire internet where, appallingly, most Americans would rather dump ice water on their head than donate to charity,” writes Arielle Pardes at…
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- August 13, 2014
- Anxiety and Depression
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Robin Williams: Our brilliant masked man.
I couldn't figure out why I woke up this morning still thinking about Robin Williams. My husband offhandedly asked me yesterday why he thinks he did it, and maybe he…
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- August 7, 2014
- Social Issues
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Entitled? Of course veterans, and our hard-working willing.
Few issues on the American landscape are more sacred, more immune to partisan feuding than supporting our returning soldiers. Most people, pro-war or against, wouldn't dare deny soldiers accessible, affordable…
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- July 12, 2014
- Social Issues
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Pregnancy ‘warm and fuzzy,’ birth control ‘immoral?’ Mr. Potter, snap out of it.
Click here to sign petition against Eden Foods I'm curious if Eden Food's CEO Mr. Michael Potter ever had the "immoral and unnatural practices" he says birth control promotes, before he got…
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- May 10, 2014
- Social Issues
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God, Guns but no gays? My Letter to this Kentucky business owner
Image: Wikimedia Commons I just sent the following email to this Kentucky business owner. I'm HORRIFIED his family received death and rape threats for his store policy, but I'm also horrified…
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- April 16, 2014
- Politics-Religion
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Catholics and Mormons Mass Exodus If Women Left Behind
Great article (linked below) on why the traditional branches of the Catholic and Mormon church can't sustain themselves unless they reform to include women. "The contradictions are non-sustainable." Some of…
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- April 10, 2014
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If the states don’t know any better, the Supreme Court has to.
Image: Wikimedia CommonsSupport for same-sex marriage is moving up in the courts and the people. Princeton Survey Research Associates surveyed 1,003 adults and found: "An unprecedented 55%-40%, Americans say marriages between…
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- March 24, 2014
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Gay marriage a serious ill of our nation? We’re sick alright, but that’s not the issue.
An Orlando Sentinel reader wrote the following opinion letter: (Gov) Scott should stand steady Comparing same-sex marriage and integration is like comparing apples and oranges (Letters, Wednesday, JoAnn Lee Frank).…
Donald Sterling. When words speak louder than actions.
Image credit: Blake Griffin Interesting dialogue about Clippers owner Donald Sterling. As much as I'd like to see every bass-ackwards racist moron ousted from their organizational protected throne, it's a…