I caught the tail end of PBS’s program on Deitrich Bonhoeffer last night, and I was so moved by the quote used to end the program, that I ran to my desk to find the paragraph online. Actually, what’s interesting, is that this famous passage from a letter to Bonhoeffer’s wife is often condensed. And…

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Thanks to the reader who wrote: “It is a shame more parents don’t know about the affects of dyes and flavorings on children. I ran into this problem with my son when he had constant ear infections. Unfortunately for him, all of the antibiotics came with dyes and flavorings to make them palatable. What happened…

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