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Archives for 2011

Book Openers: Good News — Life Is Flawed and There Is No Fixing It

October 10, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

There comes a time, in the second half of life, when we must realize that we are doomed to failure, says Richard Rohr.

Twenty-two Years Later, A Tiananmen Survivor Finally Tells All

October 6, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

book jacket A Heart for Freedom by Chai Ling.

Twenty-two years after the crack-down at Tiananmen Square, a leader of the protests there finally tells her story. Why did it take so long? Read more.

Found: Big Bucks in My Sock Drawer. Lost: My Mother

October 5, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Tinka Falconer's gravesite. It's not lost. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall

I just found four brand new hundred-dollar bills in my sock drawer. Where in the world did that money come from? Read more.

Book Openers: Why Are All Those Catholics – So Darned Catholic?

October 4, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

author robert barron on the catholic church

What is at the heart of Catholicism? What makes all those Catholics so tenaciously Catholic? The Rev. Robert Barron would say – the Incarnation. Read more.

Book Openers: Forgiveness Is Tough — Atonement, Even Tougher

October 3, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Beyond Forgiveness book jacket. author phil cousineau

TV host Phil Cousineau looks at the flip side of forgiveness — atonement — in his new book “Beyond Forgiveness.” Read more.

Book Openers: Meet the Polygamist Family That Inspired TV’s “Big Love”

September 20, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Inspired Big Love: Alina, Vicki and Valerie with husband Joe Darger at the 2011 RNA conference.

I got a close-up look at the polygamous Darger family, three wives, one husband, who inspired the TV series “Big Love.” Read more.

Book Openers: Robert Bellah on Religion and Evolution

September 12, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Sociologist Robert Bellah on Religion and Human Evolution

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Comedian Robert Morse – Dead at 90. Very Much Alive at 36

comedian robert morse in a Clip from Man Men TV show showing Robert Morse singing and dancing with secretaries.

The last time I saw comedian Robert Morse he was a young guy, a fireball. It was 1967 and he was working the crowd on the set of a TV show.  Read more.

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