Death can be a very personal and upsetting thing, but it can also be a very spiritual and communal occasion. It’s something that has affected us since before we were even human, and it makes up 50 percent of life’s certainties (for the time being, anyway). How societies treat their dead is one of the […]
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Everyone’s aware by now that former Breitbart reporter and former “Cashin’ In” contributor Michelle Fields has alleged that Donald Trump’s campaign manager grabbed her arm hard enough to leave bruises when she approached Trump to ask a question. Lewandowski hasn’t been fired from the campaign; in fact, Trump took a moment during his last victory speech to thank Lewandowski, who was directly behind him on stage…
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As human beings, we all feel comfortable on solid ground. For as long as we can remember, our ancestors have traversed these terrains and sustained themselves by living off the land. From precious stones to the weirdest mementos, we have discovered quite a bit by toiling in the mines of history. But what about the […]
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Did you notice something missing from your life Saturday morning? Maybe it was Melissa Harris-Perry, who walked away from her own show on MSNBC, citing several weeks of election season pre-emptions and a loss of editorial control. Her gig as a professor at Wake Forest University is still on, though, and if you can swing the $2,020 per semester hour tuition, she’s currently offering a class inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement…
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It’s currently #EarthHour on the East Coast, and this post is being brought to you with the assistance of two electric lights. It’s no coincidence that it’s also #HumanAchievementHour, a well-lit alternative created by the Competitive Enterprise Institute to “pay tribute to human innovations that have allowed people around the globe to live better, fuller lives, and defend our basic human right to use energy to improve everyone’s quality of life…
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Today’s the big day, or more precisely, the big hour. #EarthHour, during which participants turn off their lights to show their support for action on climate change, is making its way around the planet and will arrive at your place at 8:30 p.m. This unbiased TV producer for Reuters is hoping the citizens of the U.K. are currently doing their bit to save the world.
Hope everyone in #London is taking part right now! #EarthHour #SaveTheWorld
— Serena Chaudhry (@SerenaChaudhry) March 19, 2016
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As Twitchy reported, one of the first agenda items announced as part of President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba was to take in a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game in Havana. (Please please please don’t let him throw out the first pitch …)
Play ball! https://t.co/S4DhVYa4Ef
— President Obama (@POTUS) March 2, 2016The remainder of his agenda has been announced, and it includes a walking tour of Old Havana with the family (sorry if we missed the announcement, but this is the first we’d heard that he was taking the wife and kids along) and a meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro at the Revolutionary Palace…
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