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The birth of a Twitter trend: #replacebooktitleswithbacon
Jacket CopyLots of great book titles with bacon! And if you've seen too many go by on Twitter lately, blame Carolyn Kellogg and Elissa Schappell.... -
Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer tackles nonfiction with his latest effort, 'Eating Animals'
L.A. UnleashedAnimal advocates everywhere are talking about author Jonathan Safran Foer's latest book, "Eating Animals." Foer, known primarily as a novelist whose prior works include "Everything is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," went the... -
'Eating Animals' by Jonathan Safran Foer
Eating Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer
Little, Brown: 340 pp., $25.99
Looking forward to your turkey dinner? Think twice. It's time, argues Jonathan Safran Foer, to stop lying to ourselves. With all the studies on animal agriculture, pollution, toxic...Tags: Vegetarian Diet, Turkey, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Massacres, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Francis Collins: fit to head the NIH?
Today's topic: Some have made the argument that President Obama's nomination of Francis Collins, a born-again Christian geneticist, to head the National Institutes of Health is a disservice to the science community because it promotes someone who is known...Tags: Education, Health Organizations, Biology, Science, Science and Technology
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For Ailing Twins' Parents, Hope Vies With Anguish
She steered with one knee, reached into the back seat and stroked the tears from her little boy's cheek. Drivers honked and shouted behind their rolled-up windows. One gave her the single-finger salute. She hardly noticed. She had something more important...Tags: Holidays, Eyewear, Health and Medical Professionals, Thumbs, Heart and Circulatory System
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The iPod lecture circuit
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBaxter Wood is one of Hubert Dreyfus' most devoted students. During lectures on existentialism, Wood hangs on every word, savoring the moments when the 78-year-old philosophy professor pauses to consider a student's comment or relay how a meaning-of-...Tags: Apple Inc., NPR, Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Gaming
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The poetry of discussion
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Our Sulzer Regional Library Great Books Discussion Group has been meeting for more than 30 years. Annually, we pick a theme to guide our book selections and discussions. This year's theme is morality. Last year we read books dealing with...Tags: Mark Twain, Henry Adams, Clubs and Associations, Marcel Proust, Seamus Heaney
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Classical liberalism defined
SomersetI'm a classical liberal. I am very open about my philosophical beliefs and do not fear sharing them. Oftentimes, though, I am asked, what makes me a classical liberal? What makes anybody a classical liberal? A classical liberal is somebody who believes...Tags: Culture, Politics, Religion and Belief, Social Sciences, Penn Jillette
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Why do the righteous suffer?
God SquadQ: Death is the inevitable for all of us. How does God choose who suffers and who dies quickly? So many kind, wonderful, loving people suffer agonizing deaths, while others not so kind and wonderful don't suffer at all. Why must good people suffer? - G.,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Lynbrook, Marc Gellman, Health
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The God Squad: Why do the good suffer?
Question: Death is the inevitable for all of us. How does God choose who suffers and who dies quickly? So many kind, wonderful, loving people suffer agonizing deaths, while others not so kind and wonderful don't suffer at all. Why must good people suffer?...Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Corporate Crime, Marc Gellman, Health
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Are you a part of the problem, or answer?
When listening to the news on television, computers, reading our newspapers that speak of all the problems we face at home and abroad, I can’t help but think of the song that we sang years ago, “Stop the world, I want to get off!” I...Tags: Education, India, Wesleyan University, Entertainment, Human Interest
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The God Squad: Some aspects of cremation spiritually unwise
Question: With all due respect, I felt that your response to a recent question regarding cremation might have offended some readers. Your opinions that keeping ashes in an urn on the mantel seemed "creepy," and scattering them in public places "slightly...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Judaism, Homes, Human Interest, Heart Surgery
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