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Dr. Nicholas Bartha died after one week of being burned over 70% of his body in the suicidal explosion in New York. I wonder if the suffering he endured was worth trying to keep his estranged wife from benefiting from their divorce?

Humans are more influenced by commercials of talking geckos selling insurance, talking cows selling soy milk, a talking dog trying to sell Bush baked beans, and talking animals in films, cartoons, and TV programs, than are influenced by other humans talking about the same things. What does this say about our level of discernment in society?

25,000 Americans are stranded in Lebanon during the war between Lebanon and Israel. Most of them are students at the American University of Lebanon. This may be more of a learning experience than they anticipated when they chose to get an education in a foreign setting.

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Win Paul Rockefeller died at age 57, leaving an estate of 1.2 billion dollars, but also a lot of good memories of his charity. Read more about him in the LA Times article.
Long life on this earth is not guaranteed regardless of your station in life. His life was cut short by the disease myeloma, which was not successfully treated with two bone marrow transplants.
(Pray for my sister-in-law, Shirley Shuck, who is battling the same disease.)