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Article of Interest “My Learning Disability” by Michael Levin

By Tim McCarthy

March 31, 2014

Editor’s note: This note is from my friend and teacher, Michael Levin’s blog. It’s not topical, as most are but I found it irresistible since its message is incredibly compelling...
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February Seven
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February Seven

By Avett Brothers

March 1, 2014

Editor’s note: As so many of the Brothers songs, the words to this song moved me to making it the last quote in my book, Empty Abundance . See favorite...
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Article of the Month – “Global Trends in Armed Conflict, 1946-2012”
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Article of the Month – “Global Trends in Armed Conflict, 1946-2012”

By Tim McCarthy

January 5, 2014

The end of the Cold War, marked by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, had an equally dramatic effect on the general level of armed conflict in the...
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Abandoning My Memoir – A Call for Help to my Readers

By Tim McCarthy

July 31, 2013

I need your input. My writing coach just called. He had just reviewed the first 23,000 words I gave him for my book and said, “You have joined a very...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By Stephen Chbosky

July 1, 2013

Editor's Note: A poignant read, comparable to A Catcher in the Rye, a book that's so true and raw, a book that all adolescents, and anyone who's ever been an...
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June Newsletter: THIS MORTAL COIL

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2013

On Wednesday, I saw one of my heroes speak to a group of several hundred people. He’s Father Bob Welsh, a Jesuit priest who led St. Ignatius High School into...
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April Newsletter: Learning to Love

By Tim McCarthy

March 28, 2013

Dennis is a guy I met a few years ago. Our first work together was a failed attempt at establishing a walk-in health care center for the poor in our...
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Across the Universe
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Across the Universe

By The Beatles

March 28, 2013

Editor’s Note: I’m not Lennon’s biggest fan but I love the thought “nothing’s going change my world”. Favorite verse: “Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns...
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April: Article of the Month

By Tim McCarthy

March 28, 2013

Editor’s Note: I’m getting on this guy’s blog, if he has one. Two articles I’ve read recently, this one and “Ten Smart Things I’ve learned from People Who Never Went...
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April: Quote of the Month

March 28, 2013

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you...
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December Quote: Charles Lubbock

November 29, 2012

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." Charles Lubbock
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Keep Calm and Carry On
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Keep Calm and Carry On

By Mark Reinecke

November 29, 2012

Editor’s Note: If you aren’t an anxious person and/or don’t believe in psychiatry – don’t read this book. But for those of us who suffer anxiety issues, as I do,...
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Night
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Night

By Elie Wiesel

September 5, 2012

Editor’s Note: It’s hard to be reminded of the Holocaust, especially when I think I was born only seven years after it ended. It’s not like so many things–ancient history....
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All Things Must Pass
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All Things Must Pass

By George Harrison

August 2, 2012

Editor’s Note: It's hard to believe it’s been over ten years since George Harrison, my favorite Beatle, passed away. Hearing his solo stuff, especially this song, always puts me in...
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July Quote:

July 1, 2012

“Do not depend on the hope of results. When you do the sort of work you have taken on, you must face the fact that your work may apparently be...
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June Newsletter: “Strength in Weakness” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2012

Sorry for the inconvenience, please click here to view the July Newsletter July Newsletter: “Like Marriage, Business Takes Work” by Tim McCarthy Author’s note: This is a month of transition...
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The Ballad of Love and Hate
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The Ballad of Love and Hate

By The Avett Brothers

May 31, 2012

Editor’s Note: I finally went to see the Avett Brothers Saturday night. Thanks again to Craig Niess for turning me on to them years ago. Though just a guitar, a...
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April Article: “Heart Surgeon Speaks Out” by Dr. Dwight Lundell

By Tim McCarthy

March 31, 2012

Editor’s Note: Ever since hearing a presentation 20 years ago from a surgeon who said “30% of your health is chance (heredity), 70% is choice (how you treat your body...
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April Quote:

March 31, 2012

“Life does not consist mainly – or even largely – of facts and happenings.   It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one’s mind.”...
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February Article: “Recovering from Information Overload” by Derek Dean and Caroline Webb

By Tim McCarthy

February 2, 2012

Editor’s note:  Thanks to my good friend and article-watcher, Ron Dimattia, for passing this onto me.  I’ve never been a big Clinton fan and yet his point of “charity” alone...
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Warmth of Other Suns
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Warmth of Other Suns

By Isabel Wilkerson

February 2, 2012

Editor’s note:  First of all, I never considered six million African-Americans relocating from the “Jim Crow” south to the industrial north and west from 1930 to 1960 as one of...
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