Remember the days back when you got out of school for Rosh Hashanah? I loved that - getting off for religious holidays I didn’t celebrate. All my friends had to go to synagogue and I got to stay home. Oh back when … I suppose it’s hard to complain about not having off when classes [...]

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“Cardinal Trujillo recently claimed that condoms were helping spread HIV/AIDS. The pathogens, he said, pass through a microscopic “net” in latex condoms. Scientists and public health officials have responded repeatedly that this is false, but the Vatican persists, calling the health experts “wrong.” Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, says, “condoms too often fail.” But it [...]

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These have been on the tip of my tongue for the past few weeks. Adam can attest that I like to say them frequently, often without provocation.
1) "Smush Bush" (we found a smush Bush toy a few weeks ago. It’s like a stress ball but looks like Bush - smush bush)
2) "Happy wife, happy life" [...]

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We’ve been keeping track of the situation in the Middle East this past week and watching with despairing eyes as the death toll continues to climb. We have strong personal feelings about the situation and what should happen, but mostly we are saddened by the violent turn of events recently.
Rather than going to church this [...]

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FEMA is cutting aid for hurricane evacuees staying in hotels and motels. Up to this point, they have been paying the bills on top of providing further monetary support. This aid is being cut, from my understanding, rather abruptly and right before the holidays. Here are two very different takes on the situation – the [...]

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Elizabeth! You are not Sally or Sarah…which means a comment from you is a very welcome surprise. So, yay for you. Anyway…let me go down your list.
I agree with what you said about religion in schools. It is an obnoxious debate that will probably never go away. [...]

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This weekend marks the second anniversary of our country’s involvement in the war in Iraq. It is also the beginning of holy week and I am struck by the timing. Ever since the peace of Constantine in the 4th century (look what they teach you in seminary) Christianity has struggled with being an [...]

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