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CNN has been wall to wall on the disaster in Georgia.  The disaster?  2.6 inches of snow.  Everyone is blaming everyone for this "epic" snowstorm.  Why am I laughing?  Well, a little common sense would have gone a long way.  They were warned 24hrs before the "storm" hit, to stay off the roads.
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Alone, Yet Not Alone JAN. 27, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/opinion/brooks-alone-yet-not-alone.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=2 David Brooks There is a strong vein of hostility against orthodox religious believers in America today, especially among the young. When secular or mostly secular people are asked by researchers to give their impression of the devoutly faithful, whether Jewish, Christian or other, the words that come up commonly include “judgmental,” “hypocritical,” “old-fashioned” and “out of touch.” It’s not surprising. There is a yawning gap between the way many believers experience faith and the way that faith is presented to the world. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel described one experience of faith in his book “God in Search of Man”: “Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement...get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal. ...To be spiritual is to be amazed.” And