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A Case of the Human Condition: How Millennial Are You?

Want to know whether you are a Millennial, a Gen Xer, a Boomer or a Silent Generation-er? Take this test on the Pew Forum website. According to this test, I’m a robust 38 years old. And I only cheated a little — I said I had texted within the last 24 hours. But that’s only [...]

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Guest Post From Jon: Does “Under God” Belong in the Pledge of Allegiance?

A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance does not violate the First Amendment. Since so many of our public schools have children recite the Pledge of Allegiance each morning, isn’t that tantamount to religious indoctrination in the schools?

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A Case of the Human Condition: Another Threat to Lake Michigan — Asian Carp

My Michigan friends are emailing me about the Asian carp threatening to enter Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes from the Illinois canal system. The carp would seriously endanger fish and other wildlife in the Lakes and local rivers.

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A Case of the Human Condition: Flowers Bursting From the Dirt — How Do They Do It?

They emerge from dirt, mud, manure, wood chips, worms, sow bugs. They taken in water and sun. And here they are — with their clean, symetrical lines, dewy textures and colors beyond naming. How do they do it?

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A Case of the Human Condition: When a Young Mother Dies

In the months and years before she died of breast cancer, Beverly Bondy Rose created a safe and loving place for her little daugher and the people around her.

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