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When Evil has a Lovely Mother
What if you met the mother of evil and thought she was a lovely woman? Would you then invite evil over for cookies? In Men in Black, Will Smith engages in training to battle alien invaders. During a simulation, he and the other trainees encounter a scene that involves a little girl walking in a …[ read more ]
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This is How We Kill You Now
You and I can be incredibly efficient killing machines. Right now, you feel comfortable reading further because you’re confident that I’m only speaking in generalities, or about “others,” the ones with murderous hands. Please keep reading, but don’t expect much comfort. Murderous hearts are the greater concern. Since Cain killed Abel, humans have found ways …[ read more ]
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The Only Way to Make Sense of Women
There’s only one way to make sense of women. I should know. I’m a woman. XX chromosome credentialed. Bona fide by birth. Not a boast, just biology. Been managing estrogen since way back. Raised a daughter in the new millennium. Came up in the sixties and seventies raised by a Boomer woman. I’ve seen decades …[ read more ]
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The Most Biblical Show on Television
America is abuzz over an episode of the ABC Thursday night show, Scandal. Most of you are likely not viewers of Scandal and this post isn’t a recommendation for the show. It’s not something most of you would enjoy watching. Scandal revolves around the life of Olivia Pope, a modern writers’ depiction of a fairy …[ read more ]
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Where There is Shouting, Let me Whisper Truth
If I can shout louder than you can, does that make me right? Does the volume of the outcry justify the stand? If there are many us, thousands, in fact, and we all shout at once, does that mean that now we own the truth? When people shout at us, we’re tempted to shout back. …[ read more ]