Nick Baumann |
I cover national politics and civil liberties issues for the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones. I have also written for The Economist, the Washington Monthly, the Atlantic, and Commonweal. Email me at nbaumann [at] motherjones [dot] com. |
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Notes"Jesus says [to] love our enemies,” said Mullen, who holds a degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. “So I was sitting in Starbucks and thought, maybe I’m the one person who needs to do something."I love this story about the Virginia woman who coordinated Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s burial.
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NotesThis is wonderful: An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak (Drawings by Christoph Niemann) (by TheNewYorkTimes)
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The Onion: No One Murdered Because Of This Image (somewhat NSFW)
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I always thought it had something to do with the early church wanting Easter to coincide with ancient pagan fertility festivals, or something. Then modern American commercialism took hold and really did something with the idea.
Of course, South Park tells a different story. I guess Stan, Kyle, and Hideki have something in common.
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NotesWhat if Moses had Google?
(Source: youtube.com)
