Kris, Isobel and I are here in Hyannis the night before the marathon. (The older kids are at their MMs for the night.) We got into town early in the afternoon and hit the race expo, where I got to meet (briefly) Bill Rodgers and Frank Shorter and grab their autographs. Bill Rodgers even took [...]
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Friend on Facebook left a comment on a status update I’d posted as I was getting ready for an early morning long run suggesting “you witness a world most people don’t ever see on your early morning sojourns.” I don’t know what other people see, but I responded with a bit of what I’ve seen [...]
Hard to believe the NOLA.com report that New Orleans lawmaker State Rep. John Labruzzo really suggested sterilizing the poor – his plan is to offer the poor $1,000 to undergo sterilization while possibly offer tax credits to the educated to reproduce. Archbishop Alfred Hughes said the plan was "an egregious affront to those targeted and blatantly anti-life." [...]
For the record, brilliant. And yes, there is meaning in the universe. Primer on the deeply flawed philosophy of materialism here.
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And it seems, very little respect for the beliefs and traditions of other people. These would be traits one would expect to be present in greater quality and quanity in a professional religion writer. Washington Post/Newsweek writer Sally Quinn on taking communion at Tim Russert's funeral: "Last Wednesday at Tim's funeral mass [...]
The skin between the matter of the world and the mystery that lies behind it was thin today. So thin that the forests, the ferny, mist-shrouded vales, the high fields that presented mighty views across green Central Massachusetts valleys, all pulsed with it, hummed with life, whispered spirit. It was Father’s Day, and [...]
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I did not enjoy my run yesterday. It was my long run of the week, and it was intensely humid, even early in the morning. I felt tired before I got off the front porch. Every mile was hard work; some might have even qualified as grueling. Along the way, aches and pains that have [...]
I terrifically enjoyed the book In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan – and agreed with many of the author's arguments, including: people (myself included) should generally eat better quality food and less of it, people should eat real food, not processed food product, and that people should eat more leaves. Right [...]
Chris Cillizza at WashingtonPost.com's political blog writes: "After a HUGE response to a post earlier this month on the best state politics reporters around the country, we decided to provide a final list of all the people nominated by The Fix community." On the list for New Hampshire? "Union Leader columnist John [...]
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