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by ak on December 28, 2008

If you haven’t read Marilynne Robinson yet, what are you waiting for?!

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Be Not Afraid: The Meaning of Christmas

by ak on December 25, 2008

Joseph Morrison Skelly wrote the following article about Christmas through the centuries and how Christians facing tyranny throughout the ages have grasped “a fundamental fact about the intersection of freedom and faith.” The article focuses on Dietrich Bonhoeffer who actively resisted the Nazis, and suggests that at the heart of Christmas lies reason to have [...]

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Do you have what it takes to be a supermodel? Sign up to Jean Vanier’s guaranteed program for success!

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Condi's Last Hoorah (on Meet the Press)

by ak on December 21, 2008

Articulate, professional, and intelligent as ever, Condoleeza Rice answers questions about US foreign policy, the failure of the global community to go the distance to end genocide in Darfur, regrets, the future, Iraq, and more.

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mac is back and again attacked

by ak on December 20, 2008

was so happy to have my little macbook back. it was a stretch to be without it for over a week. so you can imagine my disappointment when i turned it on and the same problem that it was sent away for to fix, is back! lame. i’ve been on the phone with the polite [...]

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Somaly Mam

by ak on December 17, 2008

Somaly Mam was named one of the people who mattered most this year in Time’s annual “Person of the Year” issue. Learn more about her, her story, and how she’s helping to lead the way in ending sex slavery on her foundation’s website.

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snow day

by ak on December 17, 2008

i’ve been shoveling for 12 of the last 16 hours. yoy!

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