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This article is a must-read. It’s about yesterday’s report by noted scientists regarding the human role in climate change. Global warming is real. “It is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent,” said the summary. Generally, the scientists said, more precipitation will fall at higher…

The late, and much beloved journalist Molly Ivins loved to use her best Texas folkloric material to make a point. I heard her speak 15 months ago at an International Women’s Media Foundation awards luncheon in New York, where she was among the women honored. The story she told that most bears repeating is about…

If this doesn’t convince you, know that it was written in a spirit of good humor and fun by John D. Spalding, editor of SoMAreview.com, and author of “A Pilgrim’s Digress: My Perilous, Fumbling Quest for the Celestial City.” “…we Americans lack a day that corresponds to the Pagan rites that followed six or so…

I’m actually adapting my children’s upcoming summer camp schedule to account for our reading of Harry Potter. I probably won’t be at my desk July 22, 2007, either, the day after the thrilling release of the seventh and last installment.

It was my understanding that Zoloft and Prozac were “smart” antidepressants, drugs that could lift the depressed out of the darkness and in some cases, jumpstart the brain into recognizing happiness. Tall order, I know. It was also my initial understanding that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were designed for short-term interventions of a few…

Parabola has always been the most sovereign of the religious/spiritual periodicals. Its distinguished authors and epic themes make it “The New Yorker” of its league. It’s always gorgeous. But its fate sometimes becomes that of the other distinguished mags: It sits around and accumulates dust. In fact, since Parabola has always been as good in…

I don’t know about this. It says exposure to tea-tree and lavender oils can change the estrogen levels of young boys, and in rare cases, make their breasts enlarge. My sons have used tea-tree oil shampoos off and on for years–with no adverse effects as far as I can tell. This is enough to keep…

Thanks to reader John Beck for this: “Just a comment on the Rudolf Steiner-induced tv guilt — since he died in 1925, any views assigned to him about tv are extrapolation. Your own use of tv with your children is an act of wakefulness, which I think he would applaud. It’s warehousing our kids in…

If your hands, arms, and shoulders ache from long hours at the computer, you might glean good information by reading Ergoblog, a well-executed site that reviews the latest keyboards and desk chairs, and discusses the possible relationship between stress injuries and food allergies. A full-spectrum, vitamin-B supplement has helped my tendonitis somewhat, and discipling myself…

This Friday, February 2nd is Candlemas, the Roman Catholic “Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord,” when priests bless candles before the Mass. O holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God…thou hast commanded the bees to produce this liquid of wax which has been made into a perfect candle…Deign to bless and sanctify these candles for…
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