Health and Human Services Moves to Define Contraception as AbortionNo, really ( Read more... )

Thanks to autumnfaerie for posting the link

A good article over at Yoga Journal about detachment - why it's neither indifference nor ignoring the problem, and some good advice on how to practice detachment every day.

From today's Boston Globe: 6 face charges in sex ring.

Full text of the article below, will likely be triggering. Here's hoping these are the right guys, and they get nailed for this.

( Prostitution ring bust )

This article is a sociological/philosophical piece by the Washington Post of placing a famous violinist in a public place and seeing the reactions to passersby who do not know who the violinist is.  What happens? Thanks to prettymuchjulia for linking this!

What would you do if you heard Joshua Bell playing Chaconne in the middle of a subway station?

Brilliant, ( Read more... )

Thanks to alliterati for the link: Breaking free of your parents and social conditioning: a good article about breaking out of the molds our minds make for us. And it covers all types of childhoods, even the non-abusive ones - to show how similar people are in their adoption of beliefs as a kid. Good article ( Read more... )

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