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Chris Thurman wrote an op-ed on The Christian Post website, trying to convince his fellow evangelicals that they are following the Antichrist into the “Trumpocalypse.” It’s an apt term. What’s also important is Thurman says evangelicals felt backed...
by greatlyconcerned
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Second of a three-part series. See parts 1 and 3. The river, I thought, looked like you could walk across it, there were so many fish. It was a wide and shallow stretch, the kind that salmon like to use as spawning beds, and it was positively alive...
by David Neiwert
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You and I are eukaryotes. So are tulips, armadillos, and blue whales. We’re different from bacteria (prokaryotes) because our cells are more complex. But where did all of us eukaryotes ultimately come from? Evidence about our common ancestor — the...
by skralyx
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Last week we learned that children who were separated from their parents at the border are going without basic needs, including soap, toothbrushes, blankets and even adequate nutrition. Many are sick and not receiving appropriate care.
At the same...
by TealBomb
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The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Everyone has heard that saying. But have you ever wondered might be growing next to that road to Hell? Your time for wondering is over. The road is ...
by foresterbob
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My father, Dan Clawson, died unexpectedly early Tuesday morning, May 7, to my enormous grief. As yet my heart is too shattered to say anything very coherent or personal about him, but I wanted to share with this community a few things other people have...
by Laura Clawson
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How crazy it seems to have been. Ridiculous. In 1996, who had ever thought about the internet? Us, that’s who. I, busy running a small internet service provider in rural Kansas — dialup with amazingly fast 33.6 speeds, and Natasha, known by her online...
by Christopher Reeves
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A VISION FOR 2020: OTHER WORLDS ARE POSSIBLE
On November 8, 2016, I was at a friend's 30th birthday party, in a room full of activists and policy wonks dressed in our finest post-apocalyptic attire. The apocalyptic theme was almost a joke, and...
by Irna L Landrum
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When I was a little boy we lived near the Southern Railway main line where I caught the end of the age of the Iron Horse, those mighty living breathing monsters, the steam locomotive. I would hear the train whistling the crossings for miles and I’d...
by YellerDog
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The pitfalls that plagued the 2016 elections were numerous, including everything from a Russian incursion into our electoral system to the media's Hannibal Lecter-like obsession with Hillary Clinton'...
by Daily Kos Candidate Guides
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