“All you needed to do,” Springsteen says, “was to risk being your true self.” We ignore our demons at our peril.
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Sign On the Dotted Line to Ensure Your Own Destruction
New York’s court system aids and abets predatory lenders who prey on small business owners.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Preserving Human Life Requires Preserving Insect Life
While science labors to comprehend the variety and volume of insects on earth, both are declining with disturbing speed, and the ecological consequences are troubling.
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The Californians Who Can’t Budge
How do you hold down the fort when the fort is on fire?
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Finding Grace Between Love and Loss
One single mother’s journey to construct a sense of self that’s true to herself, not to other people.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Karst: the Latest Casualty of Clear-Cut Logging
“On Vancouver Island, karst researchers hustle to save one of Earth’s most underappreciated—and fragile—ecosystems: an ecosystem hidden in plain sight.”
Posted inFood, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Bagels are the Best Ring-Shaped Breakfast Food and I Will Brook No Other Opinion
I love bagels, but not as as much as Lloyd Squires loves bagels.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Link Wray’s Rustic Masterpieces
Link Wray is best known for his rock instrumentals, but in the early 1970s, he and his brothers recorded three albums in a chicken shack that sound like nothing else in his massive oeuvre.
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For Each Survivor of a Mass Shooting, a Different (Slow) Road to Recovery
Can anyone truly fully recover from witnessing — and losing loved ones — in a school shooting?