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• The selfish act of kindness

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  This time of year kindness becomes almost cliche. We give toys to kids who otherwise wouldnt have them. Load bags with canned foods for the hungry. Make donations to those who need it. And sometimes - just sometimes - we let someone crowd ahead of us in a busy store, or we smile at, instead of fighting with, that guy ...
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• LORD CHRISTOPHER WALTER MONCKTON, 3RD VISCOUNT MONCKTON OF BRENCHLEY: ANTI-AGW ACTIVIST, CLIMATEGATE ENTHUSIAST AND WRONG

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 125
  Christopher Walter Monckton, is an anti-Anthropogenic Global Warming activist. He doesnt believe that humans have increased the global temperature by burning carbon or perhaps otherwise increasing greenhouse gases or that if they have, it isnt necessarily a bad thing. He has called for reforestation, so perhaps that ...
  6 hours ago

• Catholic church will stop all charity work if same-sex marriage passes in DC

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 538
  From the Washington Post . (H/T Weasel Zippers via ECM) Excerpt: The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn’t change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands ...
  3 days ago

• Team USA Increases Lead to 7-2

  
  Billiard News by Inside POOL Magazine — Authority: 136
  Team USA Increases Lead to 7-22009 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup / Las Vegas, NVby Sally P. TimkoTeam USA, which went into the 2009 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup 2-1 underdogs, came out of Friday’s matches with a daunting 7-2 lead, winning three of the four matches played today. Team Europe will really have to hustle ...
  5 days ago

• The Three Requirements for Happiness

  
  EppsNet: Notes from the Golden Orange — Authority: 137
  To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness; though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. — Gustave Flaubert
  6 days ago

• On Selfishness

  
  Seeking to Glorify — Authority: 125
  "Do you have any idea how much I have had to give up?  Do you know how much I have had to sacrifice?  There are so many things I have wanted to do that I havent been able to because I have had to give that up for you ." Yikes.  Do you hear the selfish tone in that ? That is what I heard ...
  1 week ago

• A Few Words about Philanthropy

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 436
  In 2005, more than one in every four adults reported doing some volunteer work. I dont know exactly what definition was used. Chances are that coaching your kids soccer team counted. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 week ago

• I really hope that Ben Nelson is as selfish and self-aggrandizing as he seems

  
  The United States of Jamerica — Authority: 470
  In my celebration over the public option compromise this morning, I forgot to mention one important fact : there’s still no guarantee that Sen. Ben Nelson won’t join a Republican filibuster, especially since the Senate voted yesterday to table his Stupak-like amendment. Here’s what we know: Ben Nelson is ...
  1 week ago

• Parenting: Raise Compassionate Children

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Compassion is a word that is bandied around often these days as a "value du jour" in our big-talk, little-action culture of values. Yet, as with most values that are co-opted for a particular agenda, compassion has lost its fundamental meaning and value to people. Thus, the importance of compassion in our lives is not ...
  1 week ago

• Study Links Luxury Goods and Selfishness

  
  Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor — Authority: 120
  A new study reveals a specific link between luxury goods and selfishness. Two experiments showed that “exposure to luxury led people to think more about themselves than others,” according to a Harvard Business School paper. Professor Roy Y. J. Chua and Xi Zou conducted two experiments in which one group of ...
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• Five great presents parents will appreciate from their kids

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  I know how difficult it can be for children to get their parents a holiday gift. Too often, it seems children learn the art of me-thinking by simply going to the mall (sometimes with their parents money!) and buying some household item or useless trinket that just gathers dust or takes up space in the closet after the ...
  1 week ago

• The Altruistic Toddler

  
  Philosophy On The Mesa — Authority: 121
  Are humans selfish by nature? Yes. Are humans unselfish by nature? Yes. And that seems to be the answer(s) to one of the most ferocious debates in moral philosophy—at least among those who like quick and absolutist answers. A certain episode of Friends comes to mind—“The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS”—where ...
  1 week ago

• Pedestrians and Cars: A Two-Way Street

  
  Colleen Anderson — Authority: 123
  I cannot imagine what our ancestors of long ago would have thought of our casual disregard for motor vehicles. Tons of metal hurtle towards us and we will blithely walk in front of them with presumptions of our safety. And we, as drivers, hold these leviathans at our fingertips, feeling invincible as we do so. But ...
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• Selfish cad

  
  nickhereandnow — Authority: 118
  I didnt treat some of my early girlfriends very well. At that time I was a typical hard, selfish male with little insight into other peoples inner lives. It took me quite a while to wise up. It didnt help that Id been to all-male schools where I never met any girls and was utterly perplexed when my first job brought ...
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• "He Will be Closer Than a Brother"

  
  Authspot — Authority: 559
  Image via Wikipedia   I am stressed, but I am blessed. Sometimes it is best to adopt the attitude of thanks. Look at the things that happen in your life, as happening for the best. It will turn out to be for the best. Total faith can take time. Letting go and letting God, can be a very hard test. We ...
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• Governments, a Kingdom Agenda, and Reading Scripture Badly

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 666
  A popular argument amongst political conservatives goes like this: while they grant that Scripture requires concern and care for the poor and marginalized, that concern is one to be addressed by individuals and not by governments.  This is a popular…
  2 weeks ago

• What prevents teen sexual activity? Parents, sex education, or social programs?

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 538
  What are some of the measurable consequences of pre-marital sex? The kinds of problems most people think of when they think of pre-marital sex are problems like sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, abortions, reduced ability for stable marriage, and maternal poverty. For me, speaking as a  chaste ...
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• Does It Kill You to Contemplate Death?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  We each face death our own way, and philosophers, psychologists, scientists, poets, and novelists express a wide array of attitudes about dying. In a previous post , I shared six viewpoints. Now here are four more that Ive collected from novelists whose work Ive enjoyed. These happened to resonate with me and may ...
  2 weeks ago

• Animal Extinction

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 578
  Animal Extinction             Animals are slowly on the road to extinction and yet while we know some of the animals, we never knew that their time here in our society was slowly coming to an end. Some are becoming extinct due to their natural resources being eliminated, because humans are invading and ...
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