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America is the greatest country in the history of the world based on God-given freedom. Our freedoms of life, liberty,…
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I earned my stripes as a cosmic adventurer. I didn’t go to Woodstock, but a few weeks before, at Atlantic…
When I was in college, the person I respected most was Ken Kesey. Everything hinges on consciousness. An unexamined life…
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My first familiarity with the words of the Book of Exodus, “Let My people go!” came from the African-American spiritual…