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Evil, Forgiveness and Reconciliation — What Do Those Words Mean?

October 28, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Today I’m taking a deep dive into the philosophical weeds, asking what we mean by the words evil, forgiveness and reconciliation.  Read more.

Is Hamas Evil? Is Anybody Evil? Am I? Are You?

October 14, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Is anybody truly evil? Is Hamas? Am I? Are you? Or are we humans evolved — created? — to be sometimes kind, sometimes cruel?  Read more.

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My garden looks dreadful. Here’s why. My plants won’t cooperate. The iris wants to be an iris. The azalea, an azalea. The poppy, a poppy.  Read more.

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