Cartoon – A Holy Day Of Obligation
Author: Antarctica Journal
Pope Francis Quote – Justice and Solidarity
“It is especially for you, young people, to take on the great task of building a society where there will be more justice and solidarity.” – Pope Francis
Read moreCarlos Ruiz Zafón Quote – Speaking To A Stranger
“Sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?” . . . “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
Read moreGeorge Berkeley Quote – Truth Is The Cry Of All
“Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.” – George Berkeley
Read moreFriedrich Nietzsche quote – no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Read morePoem – Bumping Into the Sky (By Michael H. Brownstein)
BUMPING INTO THE SKY You think intolerance a white paste you can spread across the air. Day comes with a break between minutes, the red flash of the red-winged blackbird, a greeting from your I’noGo tied* slung not to your belt, but to your insides: If you say you cannot tell what is true and what is not true, you […]
Read morePoem – Cutty Sark (By Henryk Baranski)
Cutty Sark A THOUSAND MEN BUILD AND DESTROY A THOUSAND MEN SWEAT AND TOIL A THOUSAND MEN NOW DRUNK AND HUNGRY WORKING FOR WEEK’S WAGE AND BOIL. GREAT SHIPS IRONED AND TRAINS RAILED TRACKS ROADS AND ACHIEVEMENTS WROUGHT AND BLAST THROUGH GREAT SCOTTISH FORESTS FELLED HARD FAST SCOTTISH TREES SLICED GUTTERS BLED GOATS SHEEP CATTLE AND HEATHER […]
Read moreRomans 12:4-9
“Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in […]
Read moreThe human side of the oil industry
The temporary housing settlements of Williston, N.D., might seem like an unlikely haunt for archaeologists. Nonetheless, a team of “punk archaeologists” are there, finding the history in the present by peering into the lives of people at the heart of North Dakota’s oil industry. Thanks to the lucrative nature of the “Bakken boom” — the ongoing oil drilling in North […]
Read moreMost Indebted Graduating Class In History
The graduating class of 2015 is the most indebted in history, owing a total of $56 billion in student loans. About 71 percent of college students graduating this year took out loans, at an average of $35,051 each. In 1996, just 58 percent of students took out loans, owing less than $20,000 each at graduation.
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