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Sinead O'Connor Catholic Church Abuse

Doing the Right Thing Can Be Hard – But You Should Do It, Anyway

Twenty one years ago, in a time long before it was common knowledge, a now-devoutly religious musician discovered that the Catholic Church had become what essentially amounted to the largest and best funded pedophile ring on the planet, shielded by the good-natured willingness of communities to give the benefit of the doubt to those they saw as authority figures and a hierarchy filled with men who were more concerned about protecting reputation than saving children. Rapists were shifted from town to town, city to city, with no mention of their undisclosed molestation to parents who allowed their innocent sons and daughters to be around these monsters.

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Patti Page

You Will Be Forgotten Someday So Live a Life That Matters

Patti Page just died. If you are a member of my generation or younger, the odds are overwhelming that you have no idea who Patti Page was.  In the 1950’s, she was the third best selling artist of the decade and had lifetime album sales exceeding 100,000,000 records.  Given the lower population base back then, and the limited distribution channels, she was a far bigger cultural force in her generation than someone like, say, Beyoncé Knowles or Kayne West is today. Her song, “Tennessee Waltz” was the third best selling song of all time.  Very few people I know even recognize the song today, let alone could sing it.  

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Some Truths Are Counterintuitive – What We Can Learn from the Mpemba Effect

For water to freeze, it must reach 32 degrees Fahrenheit.  For water to boil, it must reach 212 degrees Fahrenheit.  The question: Which freezes faster: Room temperature water (say, 75 degrees Fahrenheit) or boiling water (212 degrees Fahrenheit)? The common sense answer would be room temperature water would freeze faster because it is only 43…

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