Protecting life. Imagine that! ====== By William McGurn WSJ Aug. 13, 2015 7:08 p.m. ET On a hot August morning, 30-year-old Sister Bethany Madonna sits before the altar of the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist. Seated alongside her are seven other women, also in their 30s, also dressed in blue habits and long white veils. The moment has been years in coming: the day... Read more
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What Motivates a Modern Nun?
August 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Personal Development, ReligionSummer Reading List
May 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Personal DevelopmentBy Gilbert T. Sewall May 29, 2015 6:30 p.m. ET Parents often think fate has singled their children out for poorly chosen school reading assignments. It hasn’t. A distressed father recently told me about seeing his high-school-age daughter’s summer reading list and realizing that it was devoted exclusively to contemporary writers such as David Eggers, Malcolm Gladwell and Barbara Ehrenreich.... Read more
Fans of CrossFit Training Brag About Extra Bulk
February 17 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Health, Personal Development, SportsMy son is into Cross Fit – and good at it too. I would say that this article is intended to take a look at Cross Fit from a bit of a humorous perspective. ============= By Rob Copeland Feb. 16, 2015 8:52 p.m. Claire Koch is proud of her hard-earned physique. So she wasn’t bothered when her jeans went up a size or when... Read more
Daily Doses From the Harvard Classics
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Personal Development, Western Civilization
Pursuing a liberal education with disciplined attention to Cicero, Swift, Hume and others on the ‘five-foot shelf.’
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News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier
October 27 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, Personal DevelopmentLot more truth than not in this piece. We waste WAY TOO MUCH time on “news”. ========== In the past few decades, the fortunate among us have recognised the hazards of living with an overabundance of food (obesity, diabetes) and have started to change our diets. But most of us do not yet understand that news is to the mind what sugar... Read more
When Your Dream Job Disappoints, How to Find Plan B
April 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Personal DevelopmentEspecially for all of the young adults I know and love. =========== After years of planning, preparing and perhaps paying for an extra degree, you finally land your dream job—and discover you don’t like it. It’s a surprisingly common dilemma. The idea of a “dream job” is drilled into job seekers these days. Increasingly, people expect to find jobs that provide not only... Read more
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