Tag: peace
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The World is Not Falling Apart
Slate: The World is Not Falling Apart Never mind the headlines. We've never lived in such peaceful times. I've repeatedly revisited the theme in my blogging that the world is improving in many ways. That is routinely met with skepticism, even outrage. How can I be so insensitive as to say the world is getting…
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50 Reasons We’re Living Through the Greatest Period in World History
Huff Post Business (The Motley Fool): 50 Reasons We're Living Through the Greatest Period in World History I recently talked to a doctor who retired after a 30-year career. I asked him how much medicine had changed during the three decades he practiced. "Oh, tremendously," he said. He listed off a dozen examples. Deaths from…
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Saturday Links
Here are the links for this week. 1. Ever thought about starting your own blog? Michael Hyatt has some advice: My Advice to Beginning Bloggers 2. Is gender inclusive language taking hold? Good News, You Guys Everyone! English Is Becoming More Inclusive 3. How New Yorkers Adjusted to Sudden Smartphone Withdrawal 4. Paying for What…
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Peace is Spreading: The Troubling Thing is, We Don’t Really Know Why
Peace is spreading: the troubling thing is, we don't really know why This article was in yesterday's Telegraph. Here is an excerpt on speculations about the answer to the question the article raises: President Bush has repeatedly said that he sees America's role as being to spread "freedom" – short-hand for free trade and free…