November 8th, 2009 08:35pm

A Billion Dollar Load of Crap

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Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America, by Barbara Ehrenreich (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2009) Finally. Someone has exposed the ideology of positive thinking for what it is: a billion dollar industry that is turning out more crap in a day than all the cows in Sonoma County in a year. Barbara Ehrenreich, who for decades has documented the decline of the middle class, takes a clear-eyed look at … Read More »
October 22nd, 2009 10:39pm

bliss before us

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Evidence by Mary Oliver
October 13th, 2009 06:35pm

Silence kicks ass

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Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
September 30th, 2009 10:45am

A Daily Workout for Flabby Souls

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The Naked Now by Richard Rohr
September 23rd, 2009 12:26pm

Stories creating stories

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The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
September 13th, 2009 11:48pm

Heretical Prayers of Ecstasy

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Love Poems from God
September 7th, 2009 12:21pm

Love is Always an Unexpected Complication

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Nobel genius
August 23rd, 2009 08:35pm

When Software Engineers Ruled the World!

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“The God Patent” by Ransom Stephens
August 15th, 2009 09:21pm

Habits and Other Sins

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Given Sugar, Given Salt by Jane Hirshfield (New York: HarperCollins, 2001) In a recent poem, Jane Hirshfield rifts on the expiration date on a plastic container, and gets personal about the metaphor of perishability: “I found myself looking:/ now at the back of each hand,/ now inside the knees, / now turning over each foot to look at the sole.” Her poems often begin with the easily overlooked stuff of everyday life. … Read More »
August 4th, 2009 07:04pm

A Closer Walk

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Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice (New York: Knopf, 2005)   Anne Rice is well known for the Vampire Chronicles. It must have surprised many a faithful reader that she chose to write about Jesus. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt is the first book in a trilogy on the life of Jesus. Next week I will review the second book, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. The … Read More »