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  Pope's Outrage at Vatileaks Revelations is Misdirected
  Topic by Peter Haugen

  "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" That line, uttered by Claude Rains as Captain Renault in the film classic Casablanca , is perhaps the most paraphrased bit of movie dialogue ever. It expresses feigned outrage, the stock-in-trade of so many in the media...

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  Pissing Match Among New Delhi Monkeys
  Topic by Derrick Bang

  My parents retired several decades ago, on 40 acres in central Oregon. Part of their land is undisturbed forest, and they’re proud of the deer herds that have taken protective shelter there, safe from hunters who shoot them elsewhere. But “friendly” deer recognize few boundaries, and I...

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  The Ground Zero Mosque
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  Supporters for the Ground Zero Mosque have gained legal approval to begin construction of a new mosque at the site of the 9/11 tragedy in New York. This controversial decision has led some to question whether it is morally right to build a Muslim prayer house near the site of the 9/11 attacks...

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  The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit in John's Account of Jesus' Farewell Discourse
  Article by Mark Cook

  A brief study of the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit from the perspective of John's Gospel in the New Testament, p...

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  Earthquake Preparedness in California and Japan
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  They are separated by the world’s largest ocean, but California and Japan have something in common. They both have been the scenes of major earthquakes, and concern about those potentially devastating events has led to a heightened awareness of the power of earthquakes and vigorous efforts to...

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  Indoor Tanning: an Issue of Addiction?
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  With salon names like Half-Baked Tanning, Electric Tan, Sun UR BUNZ, T-N-T Tanning and Sizzle, the tanning industry has been ripe for parody long before Kristen Wiig played the New Jersey tanning mom, Patricia Krentci, on SNL. While Krentci’s sun-logged complexion and alleged tanning abuses...

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  White Birth Rate Will Change America
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  The complexion of America is changing. With white births no longer the majority in the US, politicians and sociologists speculate about the future of this increasingly multi-ethnic country. These demographic shifts have a history of immigration behind them, including decades of recent growth...