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Friday, November 11, 2011. Senator Gretchen Whitmer Responds to Pro-Bullying Legislation. Friday, October 14, 2011. The Protect Life Act has passed the House of Representatives on October 13th, but will likely die in the US Senate.

Since ancient Greece, philosophers have speculated that behind apparent diversity of appearances, there is an underlying unity. I believe that our understanding of science has developed to an extent that today we can apply the scientific yardstick to the most abstract. Christ in protective mode with halo depicting the Divine.

Donna is so efficient at making tax filing almost painless. She educates you too, so every year, filing becomes an easier task. She not only filed the usual information, but she made many suggestions that will benefit me this year too.

On the Notion of Ideas as Life. Welcome back, dear reader. I have, for a little while at least, returned reinvigorated by a talk I recently heard We are the gods now by Jason Silva, at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Over the coming month, I am going to be digesting and analysing many of the themes he touched on in his presentation, beginning with the idea that ideas or memes are a new form of life. We must first have an understanding of what, exactly, life is.