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		<title>Church of England Endorses Women as Bishops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Via the New York Times, a fine article by 
John. F. Burns:

LONDON — The governing body of the Anglican Church in Britain voted on Monday to approve the appointment of women as bishops, a step that appeared to risk a schism in the church in its historic homeland as the Anglican church worldwide faces one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/07/07/church-of-england-endorses-women-as-bishops/</link>
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		<title>Some Depressing Facts about Antidepressant Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are currently taking antidepressants and believe they work for you, you&#8217;re not going to like this at all. In fact, recent revelations publsihed by the New England Journal of Medicine seem to reveal that your belief in your antidepressant may well be the only reason it works for you.
Alternet.org covers the studies in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/02/29/some-depressing-facts-about-antidepressant-research/</link>
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		<title>A New Look at `Internet Predators&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the explosion of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, parents will be well-served by reading this article on the results of a new study about &#8220;Internet predators.&#8221; 
There were several points I found to be surprising. The article lead-in provided the first:
 Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/02/28/a-new-look-at-internet-predators/</link>
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		<title>New Promise in the Treatment of MRSA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some long-time readers of this blog will remember our son&#8217;s life-and-death struggle against MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) three years ago. A few others will know I also fought a similar infection last summer, and that Michael wrestled with a skin-level infection last fall. Though our son&#8217;s infection was much more serious and was treated through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/02/27/new-promise-in-the-treatment-of-mrsa/</link>
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		<title>Smoking Gun at the Fed! Who Cares?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the American Government starts hiding things, it&#8217;s time to get concerned. And when the major news media doesn&#8217;t cry foul, it&#8217;s really time to start worrying. But on March 23rd of 2006 the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) very quietly decided it will no longer publish M3 money supply data, and nobody said boo!
Now, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/12/31/bureau-of-labor-statistics-quits-publishing-m3/</link>
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		<title>An Open Letter to the 2008 Presidential Candidates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To: Obama, Clinton, Huckabee, Giuliani, Edwards, Romney, and all the other candidates. For the last several presidential elections I have wondered something. Now, I&#8217;m going to ask:
Every presidential election cycle those of you running for office talk about tax relief. You talk about improving the living standards of Americans. And so it is again this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/12/23/an-open-letter-to-the-2008-presidential-candidates-about-corporate-taxes-and-the-working-poor/</link>
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		<title>Reprise: Victimizing Fat America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m not fat. I&#8217;m suffering from the disease of obesity.&#8221;
These were the words that went through my head this morning as I read this headline at Yahoo: Obesity must be treated as disease -expert. And while I may admire the intentions of the physicians, researchers, and others involved with the 14th European Congress on Obesity, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/11/17/reprise-victimizing-fat-america/</link>
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		<title>Reprise: Valuing Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally written and published in May 2005.
On stem cells, roses, and  the fallacies inherent in the &#8220;culture of life&#8221; philosophy.
All life has intrinsic value.
I was inspecting our new roses this weekend, removing pests, fertilizing the soil after this month&#8217;s nearly incessant rains, removing any weeds lest the beautiful, fragrant flowering hedge in my dreams [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/11/11/reprise-valuing-live/</link>
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		<title>Things I Have Decided</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a list of Things I Have Decided Today.
It&#8217;s just my list for today. I could decide differently tomorrow, of course. But for today, this is it.
I have decided that:

 Puppy alarm clocks are better than the other kind. Even if they are set to go off at sunrise.
 Espresso in front of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/10/21/things-i-have-decided/</link>
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		<title>On &#8220;The Politics of God, Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Humans, thinking, and consciousness all evolve &#8212; and our religion and politics must evolve with it. Time to examine the other side of the &#8220;political theology&#8221; debate and check in with Rousseau and The Savoyard Vicar.
Section III: The Inner Light.
My favorite quote from this section of Professor Lilla&#8217;s essay goes like this:
&#8220;There is much we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/10/18/on-the-politics-of-god-part-3/</link>
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