Tag: books
member name: Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman
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May 04, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
Like the poor, evil will always be with us. That does not mean we should be fatalistic about evil. It means that we should always be ready to address it.
How did the girl next door end up leading a naked . . .
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May 21, 2007 01:40 AM EDT --
The title of one of Jim Hightower's books is There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Lines and Dead Armadillos. The attitude is generally shared even by those on the opposite . . .
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May 30, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
In the public debate on abortion, the stand called "pro-life" is generally identified as the Christian viewpoint. It is not, however, the only Christian viewpoint. A far more common . . .
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May 05, 2007 03:04 AM EDT --
The "culture wars" over "who shall define truth" are made passionate both because the accuracy of our knowledge is essential to our physical survival, and because the security of our . . .
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May 29, 2007 03:35 AM EDT --
How collective decision-making works well; how it goes wrong.
The Wisdom of Crowds
by James Surowiecki
Anchor; Reprint edition (August 16, 2005), $14
ISBN: 0385721706
New Yorker business columnist James . . .
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May 02, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
Jim Wallis, leader of a national church-based effort to address poverty, speaks often of the importance of being "people of faith." Comparing these two books, I think a more accurate term for . . .
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