8+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1613+ words) For months, a little-known spiritual community operating largely through the internet has been attracting scrutiny. At its center is a man known as Gaurahari Das, also referred to as Gaura, whose earlier identity was William Joseph Zodda. He presents himself…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (648+ words) A quarter century ago, in mid-September in Toronto, I was tidying plants on the retaining wall of the front yard. My mother was sipping coffee on the porch. A neighbor came out and called over, “Thought you might want to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (633+ words) Zap. That is what my T-shirt says. The message is over a half-century old, and it was a gift. It was given to me by the girls in the ice cream factory in recognition of my status as a superhero,…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (251+ words) This week marks 25 years since the shocking attacks of September 11, 2001. Except for pockets of barbarity cowering in sleeper cells and caves, the entire world lauded the first responders, mourned the lost, and soundly condemned the perpetrators. Consider these recurring themes…...

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1+ week, 2+ day ago   (337+ words) A young woman wakes up dizzy in her 30s and cannot find relief, even after consulting 30 doctors. Weaver mixes her medical story with tales of her time working as a ranger in Alaska. Dizzy: A Memoir by Rachel Weaver In her…...