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Gosh, there’s so much negativity in the world. Can’t people understand that everything is proceeding just as it should? Belinda Haikes explains the matter in her uplifting guest entry: 
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The Next Great Species
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RIP hitchBOT
In loving memory of the
Hitchhiking Robot.
It is dead. It remains dead.
“My love for humans will never fade.” (hitchBOT)
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Safety First
Protect the Kids When Driving to the Mall.
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Inside the Shoebox
Haunting animation of one soldier’s story.
Colby Buzzell is the soldier. The story is from his book My War: Killing Time in Iraq. Artwork by Christopher Koelle.
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Wait for Revelation!
Meanwhile remain absolutely passive.
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That Which is Backwards
Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaugherhouse Five considers Tralfamadorians, time travel and the 1945 firebombing of Dresden, Germany, which killed tens of thousands of civilians. Vonnegut was there as a POW. He saw the aftermath of the bombing, an episode that might be said to have altered his comic perspective. Hear him read an excerpt from the book below.
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The Warrior Poet!
So often artists don’t care about the world. But once in a great while, someone special arises that transfixes us with their art, their heart and their soaring vision.
That someone is Kid Rock. Brilliant writer, singer, patriot, poet, his latest masterwork is for the American National Guard. It may quite possible be the most powerful work of art in all history.
Just watch the video. When he sings, “If you ain’t gonna fight, get out of the way. Cause freedom ain’t so free, when you breathe red, white and blue,” it’s impossible not to get chills.
