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God’s Big Blog: Hindus Offended by Burger King Ad

July 7, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Is that the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi? Seated on a meat sandwich? In a Burger King ad? In Spain?

GodsBigBlog: Hindus in America

June 30, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Want to know more about Hinduism in America? Check out the Hindu American Foundation website — Obama’s Cairo oversight, America’s National Day of Prayer, Hindus and Jews meet.

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The Lost Art of the Telephone Conversation — Here’s What Happened to It. Sheltering at Home Week 14

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I know why young people do all that texting. It’s because 21st-century wireless phones make for a lousy telephone conversation, and kids want to — talk. Read more.

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