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I recently embarked on a 14 day cruise through the western Mediterranean with my husband, my son and his fiancé, and dear friends. I experienced the mind suspension that so often accompanies vacations. I spent focused time with seven people I adore; we were immersed in luxury; and our ports of call were the sites of my studies as a Humanities major in college. Our excursions were rigorous-...

I'm on a 14 day cruise through the western Mediterranean with my husband, my son and his fiancé, and dear friends. I'm experiencing the mind suspension that so often accompanies vacations. I'm spending focused time with seven people I adore; we are immersed in luxury; and our ports of call are the sites of my studies as a Humanities major in college. Our excursions have been rigorous- hiking...

I'm not a religious practitioner of churchianity. I'm an old drunk who found a better way of...

LOVE!by t. eggink Oh, we make so much ado about it: Platonic love, puppy love, unconditional love, maternal love, filial love, patriotic love and, of course, romantic love. And while unconditional motherly and filial love is often exulted as the premiere expression of bonded emotion and devotion, and while patriotic love is demanded of us, and while romantic love, temporarily blinded and...

The Bible is many things. Depending on your religious convictions or lack thereof, it is a book of history, it is a book of genealogy, it is a book of conjecture and speculation, it is a book of dreams, it is a book of belief, it is a book of exquisite writings and it is a book of wisdom. Whether one believes in it literally or not, one cannot escape the fact that portions of it permeate...

Can the theory of evolution hold water? Is there any empirical evidence for such a theory? The science says NO. The so-called geologic column, the missing links, and transitional fossils don't exist. Carbon dating doesn't work. The evolution theory is exactly that - a THEORY. In the beginning, there was nothing. This nothing somehow exploded, and somehow started to spin and somehow formed...