The Wake Up Call – January 5, 2015

All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.“
– Umberto Eco, novelist / philosopher
who was born on this day, 1932

 

 
 
Poem of the Day:
“Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Robert Frost
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