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Amoeba’s Lorica: Vox Populi, Vox Dei

The spending caps at the center of the debt limit agreement target federal programs such as education, scientific research …   – News item In the late afternoon of an early summer’s day in eastern Massachusetts, Chuck, aged 14, wandered along … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: 1-H

They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Au(du) Bon Pain

My children are troublesome and sensitive; if you are ready to be insulted and even beaten by them, you may accept my message; if not, you would better renounce it. – YHWH to Isaiah, Leviticus Rabbah 10 On this date … Continue reading

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