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President Lincoln's Darkness Turns to Hope
A scan through the statements of President Abraham Lincoln reveals a man who underwent some very dark days. Consider, at the start of the War Between ...
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A Positive Take on 'Hate Mail'
Novelist William Giraldi, a contributing editor to The New Republic, wrote an essay on the modern phenomenon of online hate mail, most often found in ...
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'Stealth Secularism' Hooks Us Through Stories
Christian apologist Nancy Pearcey uses the following story to show how "stealth secularism" can bypass our critical grid and hook us emotionally: ...
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Sylvester Stallone Could Not Save His Son
In the summer of 2012, Sage Stallone, the 36-year-old son of actor Sylvester Stallone, died suddenly of a heart attack. Shortly after Sage's death, ...
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'Challenger' Engineer Still Regrets Launch that Killed Seven
NPR ran a heartbreaking interview with Robert Ebeling, an engineer who worked on the 1986 Challenger launch that resulted in the death of all seven occupants. ...
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Actor Heath Ledger Still Needed God
Every year there are a few shocking celebrity deaths in the world of entertainment that create brief searches for meaning among their fans. After one ...
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World Famous Guitarist Finds Real Purpose
Christopher Parkening, considered to be the world's greatest classical guitarist, achieved his musical dreams by the age of thirty. By then he was ...
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Billionaire Tweets About His Emptiness
In 2014, software giant Microsoft paid $2.5 billion to acquire Mojang AB, the Swedish company that created the worldwide gaming sensation Minecraft. The ...
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Story About a Man Whose Dreams Shattered
Tennessee Williams's short story "Something by Tolstoi," tells the story of Jacob Brodsky, a shy Russian Jew who runs his father's bookshop. ...
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Film Producer on the Universe's Indifference
Here's how the late film director Stanley Kubrick (1928-199) explained his view of life: "The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create ...
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