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What grace do we give to other people? What grace do we give them, especially when they think differently? Have we — maybe just you, maybe just me, maybe only the likeminded — have we cornered the market on wisdom? I read a fascinating editorial this week, written by an online news
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The stakes were high. Each side wanted to win. No side had any desire to lose. They refused. And both sides thought this issue, this event, this moment in time, was most necessary to bring home a victory. ... We can’t be too sympathetic. We can’t give too much.
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How can we best care for all people? How can we best care for all people without spending money government doesn't have? I’d like to write about healthcare today. But truthfully, the Intramuralist is a little leery. I want to talk about the ins and outs, facts
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For weeks, I didn’t answer their phone call. I give them credit. They tried multiple times. Sincerely. I just wasn’t in position to take the call. Between a graduating senior, a special needs teen, a house on the market, and frequent single parenting, it was less of a
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The following sad story caught my attention — for its unique, potential legal precedent — and — for its broader application… A young Massachusetts woman, Michelle Carter, who was 17 at the time of the incident, was found guilty Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the suicidal death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III.
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Over the weekend, Democratic pollster and former Bill Clinton consultant, Doug Schoen, wrote an insightful, analytical piece about Democrats and Republicans increasingly “loathing” one another. Can it be fixed? “Can anyone lead us to compromise?” Or do too many no longer associate any kind of compromise with wisdom? Schoen began
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On Wednesday, as most know, a man who belonged to multiple anti-Republican groups, including one called “Terminate the Republican Party,” opened fire on Republican lawmakers, who were practicing for a charity softball game. Let’s start here. Let’s start by omitting the words “Republican” and “Democrat,” for if
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I lost a friend the other day. Let me describe him to you, from those of us who’ve known him our whole lives… Rick was one of a kind. He was high voltage. He beat to his own drum. He’s the funniest person I’ve ever known. No
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A week ago, as with most Hall of Famers, Phillies veteran Mike Schmidt found himself once again before a microphone, with another earnestly desiring his opinion. He was asked about the future of the Philadelphia Phillies, a subject upon which the twelve time all star would obviously possess a unique
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In the wake of all the commentary on Capitol Hill last week, there was one exchange that especially caught my attention. Let’s first attempt to extract some of the emotion that tends to skew our objectivity, as the two persons involved, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Russell Vought, are potentially
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One of the challenges currently facing contemporary culture is the narrow selection of news. It’s not, in my arguably-less-vocalized opinion that so much of the news is this “fake” stuff we keep talking about; it’s more that it’s editorialized. We have facts that are filtered
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[Note: due to illness, the Intramuralist is offering one weekend column which I believed raised significant, valid, respectful questions. I'm not sure I agree or disagree, but remember that agreeing or disagreeing is not necessarily most important. This editorial did make me think. I like to think. It