“Gorgeous and strong” is how his “Dirty Dancing” co-star Jennifer Grey described Patrick Swayze, who died yesterday after an almost 2-year battle with pancreatic cancer. In his memory, I want to share this quote that he said to Barbara Walters in January, when she asked him about his decision to take on a new television…

Did you see the article in yesterday’s New York Times about the clean water crisis in Charleston, West Virginia and around the country?  Here are some of the alarming take-aways from this exhaustively-reported piece: “Most of today’s water pollution has no scent or taste, many people who consume dangerous chemicals do not realize it, even…

I woke up this morning humming Neil Diamond’s song “September Morn” because, well, it is one.  Why is September such a wistful month?  Perhaps it’s the little back-to-school fresh start that we all crave well into adulthood.  Or maybe it’s the cooling down of the weather that makes us stop and think about where we…

Our blog sister Diana Butler Bass on Progressive Revival had this to say about last night’s health care speech by President Obama: “Tonight was about the moral “we.”  President Obama delivered a hope-filled speech that called us to stop being part of a camp–and instead see our “camp” as the wider American family.  Those of…

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