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Fear
There is something I have felt the need to say, that I have spoken about in various settings, extemporaneously, because my thoughts on the subject have not been entirely formed, and because it is painful to me to have to express them. However, my thesis is always the same, and it is very simply stated, though it has two parts: first, contemporary America is full of fear. And second, fear is not a Christian habit of mind... By Marilynne Robinson.
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In Hyperspace
Fredric Jameson reviews “Time Travel: The Popular Philosophy of Narrative” by David Wittenberg.
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Plea From the Past: Message on Door May Be From Couple Hiding During Holocaust
As he carefully unscrewed thin-wood panels off a client's bathroom door, contractor Jelle Kapitein said he was astonished when it revealed a heartrending message possibly left behind by a Jewish couple hiding during the Holocaust. Kapitein said he and a fellow worker found the messages two weeks ago while renovating a home in a Netherlands village. "What a surprise to find it," Kapitein told ABC News.
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Did American volcanoes trigger fall of Roman Empire?
American volcanoes sparked a huge dust cloud triggering catastrophic climate change which could have dealt the final blow to the Roman Empire.