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- Carole M's Musings – Carole Doria
- Carolyn, Mountain Musings
- Cop Car's Beat
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- Seth Godin's Blog
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- Nate's Blog, Tales from Afghanistan
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- Take Heart – Peggy Wolf
- Unknown Soldiers Blog
Political Commentary
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Categories
Category Archives: Non-violence
Thoughts on Parenting
I am mindful today of violence and destruction. On the one hand we have a 7.8Mw earthquake that has taken more than 4000 lives and destroyed Nepalese cultural artifacts dating back hundreds of years. On the other we have whatever … Continue reading
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Thoughts on violence in our culture
I am mindful that we are, at our core, omnivorous territorial predatory mammals. We believe – we hope actually – that we are civilized enough to live in communities, but I wonder whether or not we really are. I was … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Irrationality – The Death Penalty
I see that the Commonwealth of Virginia executed Teresa Lewis yesterday, and some folks are up in arms about that. I think I can see where we went wrong. There are subjects that we don’t like to dwell on until … Continue reading
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International Day of Peace
Today is – or, in most of the world, was – the International Day of Peace. It hasn’t been getting a lot of coverage in the media, and in the local coverage I just saw there were people with their … Continue reading
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