David Hume Quote – The Most Mistaken
“Where men are the most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken.” – David Hume
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Photography – Farmland (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Photography – Farmland (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Read moreCartoon – Life On Cloud Eight
Human Traffickers Sink Boat In Mediterranean Sea
Valletta, Malta Traffickers drown refugees: As many as 500 people, including scores of children, drowned off the coast of Malta when human traffickers rammed one of their boats. The traffickers had taken the group—which included Syrians, Palestinians, Egyptians, and Sudanese—by boat from Egypt and passed them to increasingly smaller boats during the journey. When the exhausted refugees refused to board […]
Read moreQuote – Being honest with ourselves
“Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.” – Walter Anderson
Read moreJack Handey Quote – He Better Have A Knife
“If any man says he hates war more than I do, he better have a knife, that’s all I have to say.” – Jack Handey
Read moreCartoon – The honeymoon phase
William Jennings Bryan Quote – Destiny
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.” – William Jennings Bryan
Read moreIt was a good week for . . .
. . . breathing deeply, after a Chinese travel company shipped bags of fresh mountain air to the smog-choked city of Zhengzhou as a treat for residents. “I felt my baby move right when I breathed in,” said a pregnant woman who waited on line for a sniff.
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. Quote – The Ultimate Weakness Of Violence
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
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