Soap Operas for EVERYONE
In the trenches of our community resource center, an odd truth has become glaringly evident: some people seem to operate as if life is a soap opera,…
Health and Wellness
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The Echo Threshold
In the winter of 2012, when the world joked nervously about the end of the Mayan calendar, I didn’t laugh. It wasn’t fear, not exactly. It was…
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The Weight of Possession, the Lightness of Being
In the quiet of dawn, when the world is stripped bare, a man stands alone. He owns nothing but the breath in his lungs and the thoughts…
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On the Commerce of Human Souls
At the heart of our modern economy lies a quiet brutality, too ordinary to stir outrage and too abstract to touch the conscience. It is called labor…
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“The Chaos Machine” by Max Fisher Offers a Chilling Look at the Algorithms That Ate the World
In The Chaos Machine, Max Fisher pulls off something rare: a work of tech journalism that manages to feel both deeply human and apocalyptically urgent. Part investigation,…
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Lost and Found: Transforming One’s Life for Better
To be lost is to be without direction, to feel that one’s life has no center, no guiding thread. This loss can take many forms. A man…
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When Did You Stop Really Living?
They say you need a lot of things in life. A job. A car. Some shoes that don’t give you blisters. A mattress that doesn’t hurt your…
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On the Moral Obligation of Critical Thinking
There are few qualities more neglected, and yet more urgently needed, than the habit of critical thinking. Our lives are flooded with information and noise; opinions are…
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“Forgiving Humanity” by Peter Russell – a review
There’s a quiet boldness to Peter Russell’s Forgiving Humanity, the kind that doesn’t shout but rather invites you to sit down, exhale, and consider—for just a moment—the…
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Will We Come Together Again?
The Great Depression taught Americans many things, but one lesson really stands out, not in the numbers or charts, but in the stories that passed from grandparents…