Adlai Stevenson Quote – Principles
“It is often easier to fight for a principle than to live up to it.” – Adlai Stevenson
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Mary McCarthy Quote – A Realistic Decision
“If someone tells you he is going to make ‘a realistic decision,’ you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.” – Mary McCarthy
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Cartoon – Caffeine Paranoia
Joining Jihadist Groups
Young Muslims are still flocking to radical jihadist groups in record numbers. A United Nations study found that at least 25,000 people from more than 100 nations have left home to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and other radical groups. The number of foreign terrorist fighters worldwide increased by 71 percent from mid-2014 to March 2015.
Read morePollution’s links to autism
A new study has found the strongest link yet between air pollution and autism, which experts now say affects one in 50 U.S. schoolchildren. Pregnant women who lived in areas with high levels of diesel exhaust and airborne mercury were found to be twice as likely to have a child with autism as those living in places with the lowest […]
Read moreEleanor Roosevelt Quote – Courage Is More Exhilarating Than Fear
“Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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Paul Valéry Quote – Love Is Being Stupid Together
“Love is being stupid together.” – Paul Valéry
Read moreElie Wiesel quote – there must never be a time
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” – Elie Wiesel
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