The Past

On Nostalgia: It Doesn't Come in Cycles, and It Doesn't Mean We're Miserable

Charlotte Wilder | Posted 04.23.2012

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Charlotte Wilder

There is no telling what era will capture our imaginations at any given time, and there is no reason we have to be unhappy now to want to explore or rework the past.

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Letting Go Of Who We Were

Roger Housden | Posted 01.24.2012

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Roger Housden

There are no regrets, but there is the poignant memory of a world that is no longer with us.

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Dear Me -- A Letter to My 16-Year-Old Self

Trish Mitchell | Posted 12.24.2011

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Trish Mitchell

Dearest Trisha, You are about to have a rough year. Your 16th birthday was crap, I know, like a lot of your life so far, but I promise it'll be ok. I...

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An Academic Outpost of Heaven

Tom Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Morris

There's a particular alternate reality experience that I highly recommend. It happens to take place at an academic outpost of heaven. Forty five minu...

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Pray for America on Tuesday: A Picture Worth 158 years

Peter Samuelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Samuelson

Today at least, in St. Louis, America looked back on one of the darkest moments in its history, and resoundingly told Judge Taney to go to hell.

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