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Albert Schweitzer

Requiem for a Healer: The Amazing Life and Death of Dr. Louis J. Rosner

Shelley Ross | Posted 06.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Medical Marijuana, Multiple Sclerosis, Obituary, Polio, Albert Schweitzer, Ms, Obituaries, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Shelley Ross

For all these reasons and more, we celebrate the courage, humanity and optimism of Louis Rosner. We surround Larraine, his friends and family (including his much-adored Kira), in a cocoon love, admiration and unending appreciation.

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What's St. Paul's Beef With Oxen? Animal Compassion In Light Of 1 Corinthians 9:9-10

Michael Gilmour | Posted 03.21.2012 | Religion
Read More: St. Paul, New Testament, Biblical Interpretation, The Bible, Jane Austen, Animal Compassion, Slavery, Mansfield Park, Edward Said, Christian Environmentalism, Animals, Postcolonialism, Apostle Paul, Animal Ethics, Albert Schweitzer, Peter Singer, Environment, Scripture Commentary, Green Faith, Religion News
Michael Gilmour

My question is whether or not there is a way to read 1 Corinthians 9:9-10 that does justice to Paul while minimizing bias against nonhuman species among his readers?

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Pilgrimage to Albert Schweitzer's Lambarene

Katherine Marshall | Posted 11.05.2011 | Religion
Read More: Pelican, Pilgrimage, Missionaries, Gabon, Hospital, Albert Schweitzer, Reverence for Life, Lambarene, Oguooe, Pilgrimage to Lambarene, Gabon Hospital, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Health, Gabrielle Giffords, Missing Persons, In a Minute, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

"Responsibility is a difficult thing. Most people prefer to accept a common code of behavior that takes from them the need to make choices and leaves them simply with the obligation to obey ... "

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Why We Hate Going to the Dennis

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Bill Clinton, Left Wing, John McCain, Esp, Lefty, Ronald Reagan, Jack the Ripper, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, The Boston Strangler, Barack Obama, The Social Animal, Neuroscience, David Brooks, Parrots, Soccer, New York Times, Glenn Beck, Woody Allen, Designated Hitter, Lenny Bruce, Pat Robertson, Comedy News
Michael Sigman

Researchers say that if your appellation is Dennis, you are more likely to become a dentist than a differently monikered individual. But I'm not so sure about this.

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Upper East Side Ethics

Sheila Shayon | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Medical Ethics, Pediatricians, Albert Schweitzer, Childhood Vaccinations, Health Care Reform, Moral Responsibility, Health Insurance, Health Care, Business Ethics, Healthy Living News
Sheila Shayon

And then it dawned on me -- laser sharp -- our whole system is vulnerable. In my own little corner of the world, I had stumbled over another truth at the root of our collective, unbridled greed.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Nikola Tesla, Italian, Brian Jones, Catholicism, Josh Hunter, New Wave, Eric Segalstad, Dolby's Cube, Who, The Magic Show, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stevie Wonder, Lene Lovich, Dynasty, Margaret Thatcher, Burt Bacharach, Albert Einstein, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dan Hicks, Peter Ham, The Kushans, Albert Schatz, Jesus, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mario Puzo, Depeche Mode, Poughkeepsie, Rose Bowl, Prefab Sprout, Thompson Twins, Roger Waters, Foreigner, Entertainment News, Carol De Gierer, Doug Henning, Pink Floyd, Enchanted, Joni Mitchell, Chris Bell, India, Unplugged, Promises in the Dark, Thomas Dolby, Poughkeepsie Journal, Live Aid, Jim Morrison, The Wall, Ronald Reagan, Mephisto on Wing, Latin, Broadway, Neil Young, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Issa, The 27 Club, Janis Joplin, Grand Theft Auto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antoinette Pannard, David Bowie, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, Amazon, Kathleen Beller, Bill Clinton, Angels & Demons, Pocahontas, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, George Clinton, Bookexpo, Robert Johnson, Grammy Awards, Best Buy, Lois Drake, Pop Music, The Godfather, Jazz, Indiana Jones, Howard Jones, The Betsy, New Age, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Brown, Pippin, Godspell, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

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Donald Trump Bailing Out Ed McMahon: It Only Encourages More Millionaires to be Wastrels

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: The Tonight Show, Larry King, Russnow, Albert Schweitzer, Donald Trump, Michael Russnow, Ed McMahon, Publisher's Clearing House, Billionaires, Johnny Carson, Star Search, Business News
Michael Russnow

If Donald Trump is so concerned about the woes of his fellow man or woman, why stick only to those whose names he recognizes?

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