“when everyone is special…”

I thought The Incredibles was onto something. Apparently Myspacers are suffering from self-esteem poisoning. No surprise there.

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what is the “real” bible?

when teaching your children about religion, it often causes most (thoughtful) people to examine their own beliefs. upon reading this review, i feel i have to get a copy of Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman.  the book is about how difficult it is to get [...]

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what i thought people were saying to me (at different ages).

this is very cute. i’ve cut and pasted the article just in case the link dies: Hey, Look by Simon Rich July 23, 2007 What I imagined the people around me were saying when I was . . . Eleven: “Oh, man, I can’t believe that kid Simon missed that ground ball! How pathetic!” “Wait. [...]

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parents, don’t make your kids liberal. it’s as bad as making them religious

this article, an opinion piece from wsj.com, holds that modern liberals, in effect, are just as irrational as hard line religious extremists. and the cause of the liberal irrationality? It’s not reason that is at the heart of modern-day liberalism but rather the claim to superior virtue and, even more important, to a special knowledge [...]

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