I ran into this question today while writing an essay in which I made mention of Aristotle. I’ve often heard/thought that he was an atheist, but part of me wanted to say “agnostic”. Perhaps he did believe in a Higher Power, as AA would say, but he was profoundly concerned with an ethics that did [...]

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Primarily because she was frustrated with the Clinton campaign’s dirty tactics: Hillary Clinton was telling…pro-choice rallies of young women that Barack Obama was weak on choice when he was a state senator which was patently false.  I was president of Chicago NOW at the time and I worked closely with him.  He had a 100% [...]

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I recently went to get tea at my favorite tea joint & as I was walking away, I realized why I really like my favorite baristo (I know, it’s Italian, but still): he looks like my hairdresser! I immediately felt like sharing this but needed to get back to work. So I played out the [...]

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