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  • A 1944 Warning About Genetically Edited Babies

    A 1944 Warning About Genetically Edited Babies0

    • November 26, 2018

    I saw the headline scroll across the marquee as I drove by the public radio station this morning: gene-edited babies are officially a thing.   The news comes out of China at the hands of researcher He Jiankui, who genetically edited a pair of twin girls. According to The Associated Press, Jiankui is well-meaning and

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  • Why Do Black Friday Shoppers Throw Punches Over Bargains?

    Why Do Black Friday Shoppers Throw Punches Over Bargains?0

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  • The Secrets of a Longer Life

    The Secrets of a Longer Life0

    • November 21, 2018

    New data has revealed that it is our own behavior that is the greatest threat to our staying alive. Poor diet is the number one risk factor, followed by high blood pressure and smoking.  A bad diet was behind more than 19 percent of all deaths worldwide in 2017, and almost 70 percent of coronary heart disease deaths, and a

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  • What Lincoln’s Secretary of State Can Teach Us About Hospitality

    What Lincoln’s Secretary of State Can Teach Us About Hospitality0

    November elections are unfortunate in that they have the power to throw a long and divisive shadow over an already under-appreciated holiday, Thanksgiving. The 2018 election cycle was considerably less divisive than the 2016 cycle – which had the effect of cutting Thanksgiving dinners short in many families, and some family members even being uninvited

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  • High School Boys Pose with Nazi Salute… but the Problem is Not Racism

    High School Boys Pose with Nazi Salute… but the Problem is Not Racism1

    A controversy erupted in Wisconsin last week when a photo of a group of boys was posted on Twitter. Not only were almost all of the boys white (a fact alarming in itself to some people), but in what looked to be a high school prom photo, they were giving what appeared to be the

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  • The Gifts of Gratitude

    The Gifts of Gratitude0

    “Thank you for the world so sweet, Thank you for the food we eat, Thank you for the birds that sing, Thank you, God, for everything.”                                   – Child’s Mealtime Blessing Thanksgiving is a day set aside, as Abraham

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